Of course, you might want to take a look at the relationship between state
and rate of participation and average score on the ACT:
http://www.act.org/news/data/05/states.html
Quickly eyeballing the scores seems to indicate an inverse relationship
between participation rate and average score here, too. And I *know* that
you'll find an inverse relationship between rate of participation in SAT and
ACT. I'll leave it to someone else to crunch the numbers....
Bob Herdegen
Hampden-Sydney College
-----Original Message-----
From: G. Marc Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 5:22 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: RE: New England/SAT scores
Just for kicks, and to avoid doing things I should be working on...
quick correlation in Excel of participation rate to GREV+GREM = -.88
for 2005 data...
- Marc
At 02:01 PM 3/28/2006, you wrote:
>
>Actually. New England is NOT at the top. Mississippi is quite high,
>however. Really? Yes, SAT scores vary as a function of the
>'participation rate' - what % of HS students take the test. New York
>has the highest participation rate (92%) and SAT averages of 497 and
>511 (V, M) in 2005. Mississippi averages 564 and 554 (V, M) with a
>4% participation rate. North Dakota, also at 4% averages 590 &
>605. See all the data:
>
><http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2005
/table3-mean-SAT-reasoning-test.pdf>http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloa
ds/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2005/table3-mean-SAT-reasoning-test.pdf
>
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>Professor of Psychology
>Director, Psychology Honors
>Plymouth State University
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>From: Michael Scoles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:22 PM
>To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
>Subject: Re: New England/SAT scores
>
>I think there are some colleges and universities in that region of
>the country. More highly educated parents? A greater value .
>N placed on education? Just guesses.
>
>
>Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D.
>Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling
>University of Central Arkansas
>Conway, AR 72035
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>Test scores froim New England are persistenly high.Why?
>a)teachers teach the test and since the tests are made there they
>may have a premonition as to what will be on the test
>b)they eat lots of fish and hence acetylcholine levels are high
>c) what else is there to do in NE except to study?
>d) all of the above
>e)none of the above
>
>other?please explain.
>
>Michael Sylvester,PhD
>Daytona Beach,Florida
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