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"Less-educated Americans born in the 1960s fare much worse than those born 20 years earlier" One interesting thing worth watching for here is selection bias.
by dhbradshaw 8y ago
"Less-educated Americans born in the 1960s fare much worse than those born 20 years earlier"
One interesting thing worth watching for here is selection bias. If the average education level increased during this 20 year period, then we aren't comparing similar cohorts when we select for a particular level of education at the two different times.
- orangecat 8y agoCorrect: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184272/educational-attainment-of-college-diploma-or-higher-by-gender/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/184272/educational-attai...
- simonsarris 8y agoBut graduation rates are meaningless because they are easily gamed. Compare average SAT scores from 1970's to today and the trend is downward. Graduation rates are easy to boost: Graduate bad, failing students. SAT scores are not so hard to fake.