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I thought IQ tests were a good predictor of college success --
that's how they're
designed. The problem is they're misnamed. i.e. that's all they do.
(indirectly [concomitantly] they may measure socio-econ, status, english
comprehension, etc., but not I.Q. -- unless I.Q. is another
phrase meaning the
former.)
bc
P.s. What's SES?
Brian Whatcott wrote:
At 09:16 PM 1/2/02, Dan MacIsaac responded to this:general that are
It is not PC to mention it, but an important predictor of
academic test results is that old faithful, the IQ measure.
This measure is designed to be normally distributed.
A high school may expect to see student results in
cooked statisticreasonably normal, even if test results are not 'marked on a curve'
[i.e. transformed to a normal distribution] for this reason alone.
Brian:
Check out Gould's book "The Mismeasure of Man" IQ is a very
indicator for(as you say, "designed" for statistical reliability), but after reading
Gould's book I rather believe it measures very little about actual
intelligence (whatever that means). If you really want an
predict successpredicting student success, try SES. If you are looking to
used no text.in college physics, look for whether the HS physics teacher
academic success (IQ)(after Sadler's recent _science education_ article)
Dan M
Dan MacIsaac
I hope that if one party mentions a non-PC predictor of
and another party responds with a PC predictor of academic success (SES)proposition -
then a reasonably conscious third party may see a statistical connection
between the two measures.
Moreover: what red-blooded American could be against socio-economic
status? And a relevant question: Is SES normally distributed?
But I really hoped someone would pick up on your no textbook
it is so intuitively appealing. The *next* time someone asks for asometimes think:)
physics book recommendation (an almost monthly event, I
I hunger to read that someone is advising:have something
- "dump it in the round file: list the physics topics you
interesting to talk about - and go for it!"
Brian Whatcott
Altus OK Eureka!