May 23, 2002

silhouette3.JPG From the desk of Jane Galt:

I've always wondered about those

I've always wondered about those people who said that the SAT etc. didn't predict grades -- since I'm afraid I did notice that the smarter I thought someone was, the higher their test scores were likely to be. Now Mark Goldblatt explains why those people got their data - and why it's wrong. (Hint: skewed sample.)

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