Note that the coding scheme here is incorrect.

s les…f the instituion is large or small, isExpensive ( isExpe~e ) indicates if the tuition cost is high. And isSelect indicates if the institution’s undergraduate acceptence rate is less than 50%.

A Cookbook: Using Distance To Measure Similarity

Adam Ross Nelson

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Note that the coding scheme here is incorrect. Institution D should have coded as 0 on isSelect (not selective) and Institution B should have coded as 1 on isSelect (selective). This error changes the results below.