http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics) Of course it's not the only cognitive attribute tha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics) Of course it's not the only cognitive attribute that's important (I don't know of any evidence that ability to get things done correlates with g). BTW, realized that the article didn't explicitly state that the computer science class was introductory, which changes things somewhat.