<p>The problem is that you have no idea. You're assuming that the "facebook factor" is constant between schools but in actuality, you have <i>absolutely no idea</i>. You don't know if the bias involved in this study would redeem certain schools. I, for one, think it's very likely that the attitudes regarding facebook and facebook groups could differ pretty significantly from UT-Austin to Amherst to UVA to Princeton. Regardless of whether you agree that this is likely or not (you seem to actually agree that it is), we can't know if there is a bias, or, if there is, how large it is without actually doing the calculations. Until you actually do the legwork, you can't predict with any measure of reasonable certainty anything about the schools you've listed.</p>
<p>I don't have "no idea" about the facebook factor. I noticed as I gathered data that the facebook factor would not significantly change the results. The same schools would still end up at the top with minor differences that are too slight to be significant. It's not like Pitzer, Wabash College, or Montana State would be number one if it weren't for facebook bias.</p>
<p>Interesting stuff…it shows that the WSJ survey was a lot more accurate than people thought since we have an independent study here that confirms those findings.</p>