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- From: chenowet@rd1632.Dayton.NCR.COM (Steve Chenoweth)
- Newsgroups: misc.education,misc.kids,sci.edu
- Subject: Re: Branding kids, IQ tests, smart vs dumb (Was: Re: Seminar Program)
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 13:30:33 GMT
- References: <1993Jan17.192113.26691@sequent.com> <1993Jan18.152035.10261@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1993Jan18.163436.12313@news.cs.indiana.edu> <1jfeh6INNm2k@mojo.eng.umd.edu>
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- In article <1jfeh6INNm2k@mojo.eng.umd.edu> clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin) writes:
- >
- >In article <1993Jan18.163436.12313@news.cs.indiana.edu>, "Peter Beckman" <beckman@cs.indiana.edu> writes:
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- > I don't know how well these scores correlate with performance except
- >in a crude sort of way (i.e., if you start using blocks of 200 pts to separate
- >people). ...
- >
- > I once had an opportunity to look at some scores of students with
- >SATs and GPAs. There seems to be *some* correspondence, but it seemed
- >like everyone was in the same area of scores (say 600's low 700's in math,
- >and mid 500's in verbal) and the grades seemed to vary a bit. Some people
- >with very high SAT scores seemed to do well, others not as well. ...
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- In the early 1960's I worked in a university admissions office. We did studies
- on the SAT back then, in an effort to create a formula incorporating that and
- class rank or GPA. From what I can recall, I'd agree with Beckman's view of
- the predictive value of the tests. There was a general trend, but a very, very
- wide variance. The correlation wasn't anything to write home about. It was
- higher for the verbal SAT score, but then this was a liberal arts school.
-
- Does anyone have better information from more recent studies (hopefully not
- funded by the SAT people...)? One would hope universities have continued to
- do such research up to the present time.
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