Graduation Rates. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance provides information on the best public and...

Graduation Rates. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance provides information on the best public and private college values. Some of the variables included in this issue are as follows. All are based on the most recent available data.

This information is included in a file named COLLEGE4 on the CD for 195 schools. Only schools with complete information on all the categories listed are included. Using the graduation rate as the dependent variable, use the techniques discussed in this chapter to develop an equation to explain four year graduation rates.

(Source: Used by permission from the November and December 2003 issues of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Copyright© 2003 The Kiplinger Washington Editor. Inc. Visit our website at www.kiplingers.com for further information).