"John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
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> "Dobie" <dobiekdl at yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:5ac8bb53.0207180503.5ca9950b at posting.google.com...> > Jet <thatjetnospam at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > > John Knight wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Parse Tree" <parsetree at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:C9mY8.296$QY4.128034 at news20.bellglobal.com...> > > >
> > > > > > ALL this requires is a little bit of addition and subtraction.
It
> > > doesn't
> > > > > > require you to resolve a million third order partial
differential
> > > equations.
> > > > > > It doesn't require calculus. It doesn't even require algebra if
> you do
> > > it
> > > > > > right.
> > > > >
> > > > > Statistics very much requires algebra. Calculus too, in many
cases.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Believe me, Parse, you don't need algebra or calculus to calculate
the
> > > > statistical average for American girls in TIMSS math. Even
adjusting
> for
> > > > guesses doesn't require anything but some very basic probability
> theory.
> > > >
> > > > It's as simple as this:
> > > >
> > > > If you're asked a question which has four multiple choice answers,
and
> you
> > > > haven't got a clue what the answer is, what is the probability of
> getting a
> > > > correct answer? Since you have once chance in four of getting the
> right
> > > > answer, your probability is 0.25. If you guess on two questions,
your
> > > > probability is .5, and three it's .75, and four, it's 1.0.
> > > >
> > > > In other words, over the long run, or over millions of test takers,
> guessing
> > > > on such a question will yield 25% correct answers, or conversely,
> every
> > > > fourth answer will be correct.
> > > >
> > > > No algebra. No calculus. A bit of probability theory, and you
> already know
> > > > that 25% of all students will get the correct answer if they only
> *guess* on
> > > > a four part multiple choice question.
> > > >
> > > > Now here's the hard part:
> > > >
> > > > Question H04 on TIMSS had four multiple choice answers, so you would
> think
> > > > that no country or age group or race or sex would answer less than
25%
> of
> > > > them correct, right? Wrong. http://christianparty.net/timssh04.htm> shows
> > > > that American girls answered only 22.8% of them correct.
> > > >
> > > > They scored 2.2% lower than if they'd just guessed.
> > > >
> > > > How do you think that's possible?
> > > >
> > > > You can probably figure this out with no knowledge of algebra or
> calculus,
> > > > and you already know all the probability theory that might be
needed,
> so
> > > > what is your explanation?
> > > >
> > > > John Knight
> > >
> > > Oh, and one more thing, isn't interesting that these jerk offs
attriutle
> > > lower girls scores to their being female, but lower US scores to
> > > education?
> > >
> > > J
> >
> > They are blinded by hatred. Can't expect them to be consistent, can we?
> LOL
> >
> > Good catch, Jet!
> >
> > K
>>> Neither of you wizards seem to comprehend that the problem is BOTH.
>> Attempting to educate the uneducable is a WASTE of education dollars, AND
it
> made American women the laughing stock of nations.
>> We spent an EXTRA $8 trillion to attemp to educate the uneducable
> (increasing education spending as a percent of GDP from 4% to 8%), and
what
> happened? SAT Scores plunged 98 points, leaving us DEAD LAST in 17 of 34
> TIMSS problems
>> And what happened to women? On ONE THIRD of one section of the test,
> American girls would have scored higher if they had just guessed, rather
> than trying to solve the problems.
>http://christianparty.net/timssphysics.htm>> Do you comprehend the problem now? No? Is it any wonder?
>> John Knight
>>We comprehend that you are stuck in a reality of your own making.
Where ARE those references I asked for - the ones that are NOT on your site?
BTW, did you make all those names up to make yourself feel not so alone
(signatories) or do these people truly understand what you're all about
(hatred)?
Let's see some non-Father's-Manifesto references, shall we.
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