Summary Statistics for Discrete Choice Analysis
| Full Sample | Qualified Students | Qualified, Low‐Perf. Public JHS | Qualified, High‐Perf. Public JHS | Qualified, Private JHS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Panel A: Application Portfolio Characteristics | |||||
| Standard deviation of school selectivity | 0.623 | 0.688 | 0.603 | 0.696 | 0.790 |
| Range of school selectivity | 1.540 | 1.698 | 1.482 | 1.716 | 1.964 |
| Selectivity of first choice school | 0.482 | 0.852 | 0.306 | 0.980 | 1.413 |
| Selectivity of most selective school | 0.849 | 1.128 | 0.692 | 1.230 | 1.579 |
| Selectivity of least selective school | −0.691 | −0.569 | −0.791 | −0.486 | −0.385 |
| N | 973,934 | 484,827 | 176,309 | 177,724 | 130,794 |
| Panel B: Discrete Choice Set Characteristics (First Choice + Five Next Most Selective Alternatives) | |||||
| Standard deviation of school selectivity | 0.035 | 0.048 | 0.026 | 0.051 | 0.075 |
| Range of school selectivity | 0.090 | 0.123 | 0.067 | 0.129 | 0.191 |
| Selectivity of first choice school | 0.482 | 0.852 | 0.306 | 0.980 | 1.413 |
| Selectivity of most selective school | 0.482 | 0.852 | 0.306 | 0.980 | 1.413 |
| Selectivity of least selective school | 0.393 | 0.729 | 0.238 | 0.852 | 1.223 |
| N | 973,934 | 484,827 | 176,309 | 177,724 | 130,794 |
Notes: Panel A reports characteristics of the schools students submitted on their ranked‐order application lists. Panel B reports characteristics of the choice sets used for the discrete choice analysis, consisting of students’ first choice schools and the five next most selective alternatives. School selectivity measures the mean ninth grade exam score of students admitted to a secondary school in a given year. Sample includes all students with nonmissing characteristics for their first choice school.