By contrast, the north-east performed disproportionately poorly, with just 3% of A*s from 4% of entries.
But some top universities including Leeds have declined to use the A* this year, partly because of fears that private schools would perform disproportionately well.
But some top universities including Leeds have declined to use the A* this year, partly because of fears that private schools will perform disproportionately well.
The educational advantage received by those selected for these schools is more than outweighed by the drag effect of the remaining secondary modern pupils, who perform disproportionately badly.
Using data on the economic performance of 700 cities with more than 500,000 people over the next 15 years (based on data from UN Desa), it appears that larger cities tend to perform disproportionately well.
The populations we focused on were identified through study 1: black and first-generation students performed disproportionately better in the increased-structure course relative to other student populations.
Medicare claims analysis has shown that a small percentage of physicians perform a disproportionately large number of injections.
Lastly, newborns having LPs performed were disproportionately born in the Northeast census region (p = 0.03).
Lastly, newborns having LPs performed were disproportionately born in the Northeast census region (p = 0.03) (Table 1).
Tim Robbins, performing before a disproportionately enthusiastic crowd with a group of top-table musicians, is this problem made flesh.
Decades ago the American economist William Baumol defined certain sectors as being "handicraft industries" (health, education, the performing arts) that were disproportionately reliant on people rather than machinery, and as such with limited productivity gains.
