Editing Norrington Table (section)

== Criticisms ==
The table is biased towards colleges with above average proportions of students in science subjects such as chemistry and mathematics,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stokes|first1=Matt|last2=Lewis|first2=Alis|last3=Restall|first3=James|title=Merton plummet in latest Norrington Table|url=http://oxfordstudent.com/2012/08/16/magdalen-top-dogs-in-norrington-table/|website=The Oxford Student|accessdate=16 June 2017|date=16 August 2012}}</ref> in which a higher proportion attain a first-class degree compared to humanities (in which more students attain a 2:1). The corresponding [[Tompkins Table]] at Cambridge makes an adjustment for this feature.

[[John Lucas (philosopher)|John Lucas]], Fellow of [[Merton College, Oxford|Merton]], presented a critique of the Norrington Table in a 1980 article titled "Norrington Blues".<ref>Lucas, John R., [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~jrlucas/itolduso/norrblue.html "Norrington Blues"], ''Oxford'' (May 1980), pp. 45–49.</ref>