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...result of irresponsible reporting or the irresponsible nature of Klitgaard's assertions, or a combination thereof, is open to question. For example, his primary assertion is "...that women and minorities at top universities often do not perform as well academically as their high academic aptitude test scores would predict." This is later rendered unclear by his claim that "...the tests themselves are not biased as far as predicting academic success. A math score of 400 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, for instance, predicts college grades about as accurately for women, Blacks, Hispanics, and the poor as it does for other...
...minute oration that included an attack on Christian fundamentalists who contend that God does not hear the prayers of Jews. Some of his jokes fell flat. Said Carter: "I will say publicly and for the record that I am not planning any October surprise. I can predict, however, that one of us is in for a very severe November shock." The crowd applauded Reagan far more warmly than Carter...
...Carter lead among women apparently has been shrinking, and some Reagan aides predict that it will virtually disappear by Election Day. Nationwide it was as high as 10% in August, according to a Yankelovich, Skelly and White survey for TIME. More recently, both Gallup and Harris polls showed Carter only 2% ahead among women. The percentage of women who say they are undecided has also been dropping, to only 5% this month, but it is still slightly higher than the percentage of undecided among...
...mathematics and statistics. Model builders usually set up several hundred mathematical equations that represent the variables in any economy. After these are fed into a computer, the model can provide a picture of how the economy might react to a change in one or more important factors. Economists can predict, for example, how a severe drought in the Middle West might affect not only food prices but also consumer purchases of everything else...
...sham, and perhaps justifiably so, according to a recently released report. Robert Klitgaard, associate professor at the Kennedy School, recently released the preliminary findings of his study which found that "women and minorities at top universities often do not perform as well academically as their high aptitude tests would predict." He goes on to say that the reverse is true for Jewish students. But Prof. Klitgaard doesn't stop there. Because of this "problem" with standardized tests, affirmative action programs tend to create a student body with a wide disparity of academic capabilities. Klitgaard's solution to the "problem": perhaps...