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brain sizes: Einstein's and women's

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Mon Jul 22 19:02:02 EST 2002


"John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
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> ps--this is from http://christianparty.net/timss.htm
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> Among American students on other standardized tests:
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> In the quantitative section of the Graduate Record Exam:
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> Boys who major in engineering score 251 points higher than girls who major
> in education.

This isn't a fair comparison.  One would expect engineers to score much
higher than people in Education.  Just as one would generally expect people
in medicine to score higher.  It has to do with it being a much harder
program, with a heavier course load.

Let's see the stats for male engineers and female engineers.


> In the verbal section of the Graduate Record Exam:
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> Men college graduates earn 66% more than women college graduates

And yet they don't seem to perform 60% better.





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