I'm a bit distracted and may not have read all of the posts very closely but I note that at least the blog post BEGINS with an SAT of 1200 on a 1600 point scale. (I have not taken the time to read the article)
HUH? These are the "less capable" students at that "low" end? Well, it is all relative; however, I am at a fairly good university; we get lots of applications and can be somewhat picky. Our average SATs are 1100 and in class my less capable students are below 1000. I imagine that at many other schools this is the case. So this was an elite school and they start their statistics at the 1200 point, then are we really talking about truly "less capable" students, or less something else--less motivated, less performance-oriented, etc. Furthermore, at this elite school, if the student body is not representative of the population, is the faculty? Ho hum, I'll pass on giving these results too much of my attention, unless someone who read all this more closely can correct me. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected] On Jan 10, 2012, at 5:00 PM, Jim Clark wrote: > Hi > > Interesting article. One thing I did not see mentioned was different types > of courses that might differentiate Rep and Dem faculty. For example, if Rep > profs tend to be more in quantitative fields and Dem profs in "touchy-feely" > fields, distributions of grades could differ by area in the way depicted here > (i.e., more higher and lower grades in classes of Rep profs). > > Take care > Jim > > James M. Clark > Professor of Psychology > 204-786-9757 > 204-774-4134 Fax > [email protected] > >>>> Rick Froman <[email protected]> 10-Jan-12 4:43:09 PM >>> > Here is an interesting blog post discussing a recent publication of empirical > research into differences in grading by Republican and Democratic (US > political party affiliation) professors. The primary source is evidently not > freely available on the internet unless your library subscribes to the > American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Don't miss the graph about half > way down the page. > > http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-republican-and-democratic.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=15218 or send a blank email to leave-15218-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=15219 or send a blank email to leave-15219-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=15229 or send a blank email to leave-15229-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
