In the directory file, for all the loan and debt numbers it says "suppressed for n=30". What is "n"?
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1Could you add the collegescorecard tag? – Evan Donovan Sep 16 '15 at 20:33
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I would guess that n probably means number of students in cohort, but am not sure. Gainful Employment reporting I know is not publicly released when n<30 due to privacy reasons.
Here is some suppporting documentation: "[F]or elements that we expect to highlight on the consumer-facing College Scorecard, a separate version of the element is vailable that suppresses the data for schools with fewer than 30 students in the denominator to ensure the data are as representative as possible."
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1Thanks, Evan. Concurring/confirming that 'n' refers to a number of students in a cohort for an individual institution – Brian1_at_Dept_of_Edu Sep 17 '15 at 14:24
