Notes and references
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- The variance accounted for reflects the correlation between band assignment and the set of subject preferences. If there were no correlation it would be zero. If it were possible to predict band assignment with perfect accuracy on the basis of subject preferences, it would be 100 per cent
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- At any point in the school career, i.e. we included examinations taken in the sixth form, but the dominant effect is examinations in the fifth year