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Re: "Slow" scouts

Milt Forsberg (miltf@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU)
Thu, 4 Jan 1996 13:31:08 -0600


I have often wondered which is cause and which is effect. Is it the boys
who will stay in the program are the ones who get to First Class or is it
because they get to First Class that they stay longer? My feeling is the
first statement is correct.
Milt Forsberg
SM, Troop 7
Champaign, IL

On Thu, 4 Jan 1996, Bert Austin wrote:

> I understood that the statistics indicated a strong correlation between
> retention and 1st Class rank. This could indicate the boys were dedicated to
> scouting and could indicate that boys stayed in troops with a program that
> got them to 1st Class before they lost interest. I believe the statistics
> also showed a high negative correlation between retention and boys who did
> not achieve 1st Class. YiS

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