On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: > that's fine. I am not arguing that you should not think that, nor am I > saying that you do not.
Okay. > Someone who does > not know what the "correct" answer is in this case probably is not a > candidate for promotion, sure. Even someoen who does not agree with > the answer should know what circle to fill in here. But there is still > a cultural content to the question. Eh - the Drivers license test is biased against certain cultures because it might ask what to do if a police officer asks you to pull over? Is it culturally biased against Brit Expats since they will be asked which side of the road to drive on? With criteria that broad I think you could find "cultural bias" in anything. The real question is whether it's fair to ask these questions. I guess we may never see the questions that were on the Fire Fighter's promotional exam, but finding one that's "unfairly biased" seems much more difficult than finding one that contains information a fire fighter should be expected and required to learn as part of their job regardless of their cultural background. > Note: This is only a generic practice test and we do not know if this > specific question or something like it was on the New Haven test -- > but again -- you asked for a question with a cultural bias. Here is an > example. True. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299304 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
