tag:blog.phds.org,2008:/2008/6/4/larry-summers-revisited/comments Mephisto Noh-Varr 2008-06-05T13:13:10Z Hellhound tag:blog.phds.org,2008-06-04:849:852 2008-06-05T13:13:10Z 2008-06-05T13:13:10Z <p>Take a look at the data: These are not execeptions, there are as many exceptions as there is proof for the postulated correlation. </p> Geoff Davis tag:blog.phds.org,2008-06-04:849:851 2008-06-05T03:12:25Z 2008-06-05T03:12:25Z <p>I haven't read the original paper, but presumably they do a regression, which can pick out trends despite a few exceptions. Taller people tend to be heavier than shorter people; the fact that there are some tall, skinny people and some short, fat people doesn't falsify the general height/weight relationship.</p> <p>As for discrimination, cultural discrimination against women suggests that discrimination against women may be a factor in the test scores. Reverse discrimination is a possibility, but that seems less plausible given the larger cultural context.</p> Hellhound tag:blog.phds.org,2008-06-04:849:850 2008-06-04T18:57:44Z 2008-06-04T18:57:44Z <p>Sapienza needs to learn some math herself. Finland scores higher on the equality scale than Iceland, yet boys are 12 points ahead in math abilities according to the PISA data. Germany is ranked 7th on the scale, but girls are a whopping 20 points behind.</p> <p>And Jordan and Kyrgyzstan are 104th and 70th in the equality ratings, yet there girls do as well in math as boys.</p> <p>Strange, ain’t it? Also strange that Sapienza didn’t pull out the other glaring assumption given by her line of reasoning: Boys being extremely discriminated when it comes to reading.</p>