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Which is most useful in understanding how the cost of a college education has risen?
data and claims
data and statistics
statistics and social policy
statistics and claims
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"Data and statistics."
You need actual data (tuition, fees, room & board, financial aid, enrollment) plus statistical methods (adjusting for inflation, computing percent change, averages/medians, trend analysis) to measure how costs have risen. Claims or policy discussion help interpret causes and effects, but they don't by themselves show the quantitative change.
You need actual data (tuition, fees, room & board, financial aid, enrollment) plus statistical methods (adjusting for inflation, computing percent change, averages/medians, trend analysis) to measure how costs have risen. Claims or policy discussion help interpret causes and effects, but they don't by themselves show the quantitative change.
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