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The data are skewed by the lazy (low conscientiousness) people who tend to both, a) never go to college, b) never get a job. I’d be wary of generalizing based
by 2devnull 3y ago
The data are skewed by the lazy (low conscientiousness) people who tend to both, a) never go to college, b) never get a job.
I’d be wary of generalizing based on skewed data like that. Control for conscientiousness (big five) or don’t bother because you’re just proving that the lazybones don’t want to work hard.
- SideQuark 3y agoAnd plenty of studies do take all such low hanging arguments into account, and still demonstrate net positive returns on college. And even without those studies, when employers want to quickly screen out your lazy (low conscientiousness..) people, what do you think they can filter on most easily? Bingo. And we're back to the expected value of college opening doors and provide better income is net positive. I'm always surprised how many people try to object to simply digging into the data and evidence and work put into finding the value of higher education, as if their bias or anger or beliefs make a bit of difference to the facts.