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Sunday, January 4, 2009

the ripple effect

the true cause of declining SAT scores

"the author wishes to thank La Belle Litre, Carolyn J. Cole, SOFD, for her efforts at assistance"

8 comments:

  1. Spurious correlations come through again.

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  2. Bubbly analogies aside, couldn't this be rewritten as the whine effect?

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  3. I think I need a drink.
    I'm wondering about the effects of Red Bull on SAT scores.

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  4. I figure the correlation is real and causal but it goes the other way around.

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  5. Practically the minute you have a child diagnosed with special needs somebody tells you the "mental illness is inherited, you get it from your kids" joke.

    Which, of course, you've already discovered.

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  6. I think the correlation is real, but I assume the post was put up as a joke (pretty much....)

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