I'm convinced that it is. No one can be this dense.emkay625 wrote:Is this some kind of trolling effort?pugilistjd wrote:The NLJ250 rankings are based on an annual survey sent out to NLJ250 firms. So, their rankings are determined by the respondents just like law school employment data the difference being law schools publish respondent percentages.stillwater wrote:
No. The NLJ250 rankings are against a fixed number (the total size of the class) and the school's employment data is against the number of respondents. And the rest should be obvious.
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emkay625 wrote: You are speaking about the way ABA data for USNWR data is compiled. This is much different.
]The NLJ rankings are not calculated based upon only the people who respond. The NLJ takes the total number of people in the class and that serves as the bottom portion of the ratio, or the whole. Then, firms send in their class information. The NLJ divides it up, and how ever many a school has is the top portion of the ratio. Divide, move your decimal over two places, and you have your percentage.
Using the entire class as your total makes it so that only a negative bias could happen in this situation. If a firm doesn't respond, it would lower all of the school's percentages, not raise them.
Yes, NLJ250 respondent data can only have a negative bias, while law schools can abuse data to create a positive bias. I haven't said anything that runs contrary to that. I'm saying that we know less about the bias in NLJ's data compared to law school employment data because they don't publish respondent numbers. If that doesn't bother you, then move along.
You're a quick one. I'll give you that. Quicker than most of the people on this board.emkay625 wrote:Is this some kind of trolling effort?
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Wait... so what exactly were you trying to say?pugilistjd wrote:
Yes, NLJ250 respondent data can only have a negative bias, while law schools can abuse data to create a positive bias. I haven't said anything that runs contrary to that. I'm saying that we know less about the bias in NLJ's data compared to law school employment data because they don't publish respondent numbers. If that doesn't bother you, then move along.
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I'm saying its funny how TLSers laugh at law school employment data, but if NLJ reports the top 50 at 20% and below next year without respondent data for another consecutive year, TLSers would lose their shit and put on tin foil hats.Antilles Haven wrote: Wait... so what exactly were you trying to say?
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I still don't understand what you are trying to say.
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I take back what I said about you being quick.emkay625 wrote:I still don't understand what you are trying to say.
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So you're trying to cover up your retard with "na, I was totally trolling"pugilistjd wrote:I'm saying its funny how TLSers laugh at law school employment data, but if NLJ reports the top 50 at 20% and below next year without respondent data for another consecutive year, TLSers would lose their shit and put on tin foil hats.Antilles Haven wrote: Wait... so what exactly were you trying to say?
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my question is - what is your complaint?
You've already admitted that the numbers could only have a negative bias. Why then, is this a bad thing?
You've already admitted that the numbers could only have a negative bias. Why then, is this a bad thing?
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I may be missing something but I'm pretty sure pugilist meant to say, respondent in NLJ 250: actual firms. respondent in law school employment data: students.
He's not saying that lawyers are the ones responding to the NLJ survey, firms are.
He's not saying that lawyers are the ones responding to the NLJ survey, firms are.
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I think the guy who posts on TLS 71 times a day just got butt hurt about seeing TLSers criticized, so he turns to the teenage boy basement dweller's book of burns.rad lulz wrote:I think pugilistjd's mother drank and smoke while he was in the womb.
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Ikki wrote:I may be missing something but I'm pretty sure pugilist meant to say, respondent in NLJ 250: actual firms. respondent in law school employment data: students.
He's not saying that lawyers are the ones responding to the NLJ survey, firms are.
But he seems to be saying that this is a bad thing and it is laughable that people on TLS take this seriously. that is the part i don't understand.
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Because of the negative bias of the NLJ figures I guess. Although I remember the thread rad is talking about with regard to Vandy. The discrepancy between the real numbers and the numbers NLJ releases is probably not that great.emkay625 wrote:Ikki wrote:I may be missing something but I'm pretty sure pugilist meant to say, respondent in NLJ 250: actual firms. respondent in law school employment data: students.
He's not saying that lawyers are the ones responding to the NLJ survey, firms are.
But he seems to be saying that this is a bad thing and it is laughable that people on TLS take this seriously. that is the part i don't understand.
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rad lulz wrote:y u mad tho?
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Nope, yous invariably mad.pugilistjd wrote:rad lulz wrote:y u mad tho?
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Antilles Haven wrote:Nope, yous invariably mad.
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I think you are confused. Most of the employers listed aren't even private firms let alone NLJ250. Maybe, you read the OCI list by mistake.rad lulz wrote: Well, assuming that the firms that reported hiring Vandy grads filled out their forms correctly in regards to the students they hired from other schools too, what we're really concerned about now is any firm that didn't hire Vandy grads, and whether they reported or not. And by "we're," I mean you're the only concerned one.
The 2010 list is still up on Vanderbilt's website. How about you do us a favor and compare the firms that hired Vandy grades to the NLJ250 list, and let us know what firms we out to worry about for nonreporting.
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