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You did a n=1 study to show GPA is a proxy for conscientiousness. https://psychology.okstate.edu/faculty/jgrice/psyc4333/FiveFactor_GPA_JPSP.pdf https://psycho

• aidenn0 4y ago
  I'm not entirely convinced it's a very good proxy (at least for the hard sciences). Certainly in my physics classes, raw-intellect trumped conscientiousness; using tidiness as a proxy for conscientiousness and "holds an advanced degree from a distinguished university" as a proxy for GPA, a walk-through of the professors offices in that same department would also dispute that. I think GPA is closer to a proxy for (A + g) * (B + conscientiousness) with values A and B varying from school to school and department to department (as well as the threshold for "perfect" varying). I had 3 roommates with higher conscientiousness than me flunk out, so YMMV. [edit] While we are talking personality traits, I think a high GPA is probably also a proxy for neuroticism; certainly many of the straight-A students exhibited these traits (as does the child of mine who gets the best grades). FWIW I score low in both conscientiousness and neuroticism on a Big Five test. [edit] changed from "not convinced this is true" to "not convinced it's a very good proxy"
  • stocknoob 4y ago
    Yep, per the paper the mean correlation was about .26, which is still fairly strong. “Proxy” isn’t great phrasing, “correlates with” is better.
    • aidenn0 4y ago
      Wow, I completely missed the link in your earlier comment. Looks like my theory about neuroticism was not supported by that paper though.