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People who finished the course earn more. Cause?

An online education platform reports that students who complete its coding course earn, on average, 20 percent more a year later than students who enrolled but dropped out. It markets this as the salary boost from finishing the course.

Why is completing-versus-dropping a biased comparison, and what would a cleaner test look like?

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