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That opinion is unpopular because it is incomplete. SAT/ACT scores correlate with lots of things, not just IQ and work ethic. Another huge correlation is with
by danans 5y ago
That opinion is unpopular because it is incomplete. SAT/ACT scores correlate with lots of things, not just IQ and work ethic.
Another huge correlation is with family income:
https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2021/9/28/is-income-implicit-in-measures-of-student-ability#:~:text=SAT%20math%20and%20ACT%20scores,ranging%20from%200.06%20to%200.10 https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2021/9/28/is-in....
- bzbarsky 5y agoYes, but is that correlation after controlling for IQ and work ethic? Because family income correlates with IQ and work ethic... As far as I can tell, the thing the SAT really correlates with most is the thing it's actually designed to predict: ability to succeed in college, as measured by college GPA. (In particular, the correlation between college GPA and SAT score is higher than between college GPA and high school GPA.)
- rory 5y ago~.2 isn't really "huge".. Your source shows that the SAT is much more strongly correlated with other measures of aptitude. The SAT does indeed correlate slightly more strongly with income than the AFQT does, which could show the "gaming" of the test. Only a ~.03 stronger correlation though. Not particularly dramatic.