Moreover in terms of the stats they used, well there were a lot of articles in various journals that examined the statistics they used and the general conclusion was that the statistical analysis was so flawed as to be worthless. The 3 variable model they used was so bad - the so called independent variables were correlated beyond .50 level, that it should have been tossed out from the start. There was no statisical controls for uneven baselines for instance. Unfortunately the author who was responsible for the analysis died before publication, so the reasoning for the choice of stats cannot be determined to any extent.
larry On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:07:47 -0500, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This book was called the Bell Curve, and it was completely, utterly wrong. > The science and the conclusions were intentionally misleading, trying to > prove a point reached before the research started. > > It was not that it was politically incorrect (meaning that it said things > that "should not be said in polite society"), but that it was politically > incorrect (meaning it reached wrong conclusions for purely political reasons). > > Read "The Mismeasure of Man" if you want to understand how bad the science > was. > > Jerry Johnson > Web Developer > Dolan Media Company > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/18/05 12:03PM >>> > From what I've read this is a mis-understanding of what he said > similar to the guy who, about 10 years ago, came out with a book based > on his scientific studies which said, among other things, that on > average Afro-americans had lower IQs and larger units than either > whites or Asians. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143147 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
