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Research confirms obvious: Math, science popular until students realize they’re hard

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Math and science majors are popular until students realize what they’re getting themselves into, according to new research.

In a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, researchers Ralph Stinebrickner of Berea College and Todd R. Stinebrickner of the University of Western Ontario say that college students are fleeing from math, physics, chemistry and the like after dipping into some classes.

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The Wall Street Journal