Summary based on 2005 Season Only
Here are the summarized results: (click on link for detailed analysis with some additional statistical tools)
Division I: Overall, private schools
outperform public schools 1.78:1
Region 1: Outperformance is 1.99:1
Region 2: Outperformance is 2.00:1
Region 3: No private schools
Region 4: Outperformance is 1.82:1
Division II: Overall, private schools
outperform public schools 1.72:1
Region 5: Outperformance is 1.87:1
Region 6: Outperformance is 1.46:1
Region 7: Outperformance is 1.46:1
Region 8: Outperformance is 1.96:1
Division III: Overall, private schools
outperform public schools 1.57:1
Region 9: Outperformance is 1.68:1
Region 10: Outperformance is 1.64:1
Region 11: No private schools
Region 12: Outperformance is 1.44:1
Division IV: Overall, private schools
outperform public schools 1.49:1
Region 13: Outperformance is 1.81:1
Region 14: Outperformance is 1.79:1
Region 15: Outperformance is 1.91:1
Region 16: There is an underperformance. Ratio is .8:1
Division V: Overall private schools outperform
public schools 1.44:1
Region 17: Outperformance is 1.49:1
Region 18: There is an underperformance. Ratio is .92:1
Region 19: Outperformance is 1.15:1
Region 20: Outperformance is 2.54:1
Division VI: Overall private schools
outperform public schools 1.15:1
Region 21: Outperformance is 1.80:1
Region 22: There is an underperformance. Ratio is .89:1
Region 23: There is an underperformance. Ratio is .81:1
Region 24: There is an underperformance. Ratio is .66:1
These results tend to indicate that there is, indeed, a significant outperformance enjoyed by private/parochial institutions and the multiplier (if designed to create absolute equity) should be set at somewhere between 1.15 and 1.75, depending on what percent of that outperformance is attributed to factors that one one would what to correct for.
Significant problems with methodology:
Very small sample size--next step would be to see if there is statistical
significance in the results
Results from only one year
Possibility of misidentifying private schools
This does not take into account open enrollment public schools, though it could
Using a computer ranking system that is not perfect in assessing quality of
teams
...Many others
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