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That's part of why the r for SAT-IQ is somewhere between 0.5-0.8[0] rather than higher. Also the average SAT score increase by retaking seems to be 40[1] points
by Tenoke 5y ago
That's part of why the r for SAT-IQ is somewhere between 0.5-0.8[0] rather than higher. Also the average SAT score increase by retaking seems to be 40[1] points which doesn't skew things that much.
0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient
1. https://www.manhattanreview.com/sat-retaking/#:~:text=The%20average%20score%20improvement%20for,of%20100%20points%20or%20more https://www.manhattanreview.com/sat-retaking/#:~:text=The%20....
- usgroup 5y agoWell I think there is a separate question of "does this work on a population level" versus "does this work for any given individual". I think we are used to "vaccine mostly works for everyone" type thinking. However, I think that there are many things that will work for individuals but not for general populations. So SATs are not generally trainable by a universal approach -- including personal tuition. I think that is believable. However, that for any given individual there is no intervention which will substantially improve their SAT results is a much stronger statement which I find less believable.