[ExI] gre

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace
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Subject: [ExI] gre

 

 

>… correlations between GRE performance and graduate school performance are small (recent Science article), it does not mean that what is measure by the GRE is irrelevant….But people wanting to go to grad school are mostly pretty smart - restricted range.

 

bill w 

 

 

Billw, you made my day.  There are far too few, tragically few, who understand restricted range effect.  People who do not understand how that works are surprised at how little correlation there is between pro football linebacker salary and weight.

 

spike

 

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