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Re:What You Can't Say (2004) by DuskStar on Sunday October 13, 2019 @07:32PM (#21244041)
> As a more concrete example... $IVY_LEAGUE doesn't gain that much by having its average standard test score go from the 99th to the 99.5th percentile.

Assuming accurate tests and a normal distribution of scores, shouldn't that be approximately equivalent to going from the 80th to 90th percentile?

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Re:What You Can't Say (2004) by trashtester on Monday October 14, 2019 @03:27AM (#21245951)
Given you assumptions, the difference between the 80th and 90th percentile is about twice as big as the difference beteen the 99th percentile and the 99.5th percentile.
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