# Covariate sets, keyed by grade band. # numeric -> continuous controls (demographic shares, 0..1; enrollment as count) # categorical -> dummy-encoded controls (first level dropped as reference) # # Note on collinearity: race/ethnicity shares are compositional and sum to ~1, # so we deliberately OMIT pct_white (it becomes the reference) to avoid a # perfectly collinear design. sets: es_base: numeric: [pct_econ, pct_ell, pct_swd, pct_black, pct_hispanic, pct_asian, enrollment] categorical: [admission_bucket] ms_base: numeric: [pct_econ, pct_ell, pct_swd, pct_black, pct_hispanic, pct_asian, enrollment] categorical: [admission_bucket] hs_base: numeric: [pct_econ, pct_ell, pct_swd, pct_black, pct_hispanic, pct_asian, enrollment] categorical: [admission_bucket] # method1 bucket; dominant predictor at HS