Research Methodology Art & Science Group interviewed more than 2,700 high school students and adults over the course of 16 months. The total sample comprised approximately 1,000 students and alumni from boarding schools, 1,100 from public schools, and 600 from private day schools (including independent and parochial schools). Interviewees included high school seniors, post-college graduates (25- and 26-year-olds), as well as mid- and late-career-level professionals (38- and 39-year-olds and 58- and 59- year-olds, respectively). Findings from boarding school students and graduates were compared with corresponding populations from public and private day schools. To isolate the effects of the boarding experience, samples were drawn and weighted to match public and private day populations based on socioeconomic status, college graduation rates, and gender. |
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