Household income is incredibly highly skewed. Assuming they obliviously used a linear coefficient to obtain the 7% figure, it is probably a severe under-estimate of the true size of the effect.
Chris ….. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 43.773897°, -79.503667° [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo ………………………………... > On Jul 25, 2018, at 1:58 PM, Michael Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > At least for White Europeans. A masive study using genomic info as a > predictor of educational achievement showed that genes accounted for > only about 11% of the difference in years of education. > > The Scientist Mag has a layperson friendly description of the study > published in the journal "Nature Genetics". See: > https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/genes-explain-about-11-percent-of-differences-in-years-of-education-64552 > > <https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/genes-explain-about-11-percent-of-differences-in-years-of-education-64552> > > There are links in the article to additional sources. > > So, I guess this pretty much undermines "g" or single factor theories > of intelligence (assuming intelligence drives educational achievement > as certain theorists assert). In addition, household income accounts > for only 7% of the variance in the differences which some might consider > a unexpected low amount. I guess this all goes to show that your > genetic ancestry (sorry Galton) nor wealth/poverty are the most > important factors in academic acheivemnt, like getting a Ph.D. > or other advanced degree. > > Now, I just hope the results are replicable. ;-) > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > P.S. To Miguel: don't worry about the tipos. ;-) > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=52571 > > <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=52571> > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-52571-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > <mailto:leave-52571-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@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=52574 or send a blank email to leave-52574-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
