Definitions
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- noun The practice of accepting a
match that is less thanoptimal , especially when accepting a place at a college or university when a superior one was available
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the authors focus on the phenomenon called "undermatching" - the surprisingly large number of well-qualified high school seniors with credentials to attend strong four-year colleges, but who chose other options instead - less selective schools, two-year colleges, or no college at all.
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But the authors focus on the phenomenon called "undermatching" - the surprisingly large number of well-qualified high school seniors with credentials to attend strong four-year colleges, but who chose other options instead - less selective schools, two-year colleges, or no college at all.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local <p class="bylinejb">By Justin Pope <br /></p><p cl 2009
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Any bias from undermatching of abortions is likely to be toward underestimation of abortion in the control arm, since the control arm had more missing data than the intervention arm.
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