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brain sizes: Einstein's and women's

Mark D. Morin mdmpsyd at NOSPAMgwi.net
Wed Jul 10 19:44:41 EST 2002


John Knight wrote:
> "Mark D. Morin" <mdmpsyd at NOSPAMgwi.net> wrote in message
> news:3D2C0CD7.8090109 at NOSPAMgwi.net...
> 
>>>Why would you ask a question with such an obvious answer?  Of course
>>
> there
> 
>>>are "systemic gender [read: sex] differences".  The biological,
>>>physiological, physical, emotional, mental, educational, spiritual,
>>>intellectual differences between the "genders" [read: sexes] are so
>>>different that they're almost opposites in some features.
>>
>>unfortunately, such differences are not replicable nor consistent across
>>studies.
>>
> 
> 
> It's hard to take you seriously, Mark, when you make a statement like that.

it's kinda hard to take you seriously when the very evidence you post 
includes reference to measurement error that is larger than any 
explained variance.


...

>>The data have not been referenced.  What has been referenced
>>demonstrated that measurement error was greater than gender differences.
>>
> 
> 
> In which statistic do you believe this to be the case?  In GRE scores?
> Absolutely not.  

look again.
when you have reported correlations ranging from 0.02 to the 80's that 
are weighted without any testing to see if they come from same or 
different populatoins, you have a fundamental flaw in the construction 
of your data points.


> If you have difficulty locating these original scores, which seem to have
> been moved or removed from the ETS web site, let me know and I'll send you
> the original .pdf files (which are very large).

you seem to have difficulty understanding the difference between data 
and statistics.  The data are the numbers from which the statistics you 
cited are computed.  All the data, not summary statistics.


> 
> 
> 
>> > Just as we know
>>
>>apparently, we have a different definition of what it means "to know."
>>--
> 
> 
> Well, you were the one who earlier claimed that "logic" requires a reliance
> on statistical evidence, 

That was not my claim, you may want to revisit what I wrote.

and now that you have the statistical evidence, you
> seem to be claiming that this is no longer the case.
> 
> John Knight
> 
> 



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