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We also have a relationship between income and test scores in the US. It's a fact of life. The original poster said test scores were 100% correlated with famil
by cabalamat 18y ago
We also have a relationship between income and test scores in the US. It's a fact of life.
The original poster said test scores were 100% correlated with family income ("the scores of all the students is exactly the same as their family income"). I suspect this is an exaggeration; however if it's true then the correlation between income and test scores is vastly greater than in the US.
If the correlation isn't 100%, the OP could for each age group, rank-correlate all the children by family income and by test score and award the scholarships to the ones with the biggest difference.
- markessien 18y agoYes, the correlation is not 100%, but it's very close. Another issue is that the family income is not exactly known either, it's just estimated from the appearance. Also, the system has to be obviously fair - if you have someone estimating family income and grouping people in particular groups, the system is too easy to game.
- cabalamat 18y agoIf income isn't known exactly, then yes it is too easy to game. I suspect that what you are trying to do may well be impossible. Since it is a tech scholarship, maytbe you could give it to those kids who have an interest in tech subjects over other subjects? Or maybe, as another poster has suggested, you could award some of the prizes to those who make the biggest improvement on test scores. Of course, some kids may respond by deliberately doing badly in one year then doing well the next year.