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This week's guest prognosticator is Robert Klitgaard, associate professor of Public Polley at the Kennedy School of Government and a special assistant to President Bok, author of an article entitled. "A Statistical Study of Professional Football Pointspreads...
...result, though, I am slightly more able to shoulder the prospect of further losses," Klitgaard said...
...GWEN KNAPP Associate Sports Editor Harvard.28-10 Princeton.24-7 Penn.24-14 Yale.17-7 Dartmouth 35-17 4-2 10-8 .556 CAROLINE ADANE Associate Sports Editor Harvard.14-3 Princeton.27-7 Brown.17-10 Yale.10-7 William and Mary.21-7 3-3 9-9 .500 NEVIN SHALIT Football photographer Harvard.30-7 Princeton.16-15 Brown.24-17 Yale.28-10 Dartmouth.20-13 PROF. ROBERT KLITGAARD Special Assistant to President Bok Guest Selector Harvard. giving 9 Princeton giving 8 1 2 Brown.giving 3 Yale.even No pick
...light on the type of background that may have affected the scores. But few admissions officers think the tests' imperfections impairs their ability to predict performance. Ignoring the tests because they suggest that poorer students have less education smacks of "killing the bearer of bad news," says Robert E. Klitgaard '68, special assistant to President Bok and a testing expert, contending that admissions committees must consider a student's preparedness. Yale's David concedes both tests can be culturally biased, but that college admissions is not the place to address that basis. "So many layers of influence" take effect over...
Disregarding standardized tests because they suggest that poorer students have less education smacks of 'killing the bearer of bad news.' Robert E. Klitgaard...