Girls perform better academically in almost all countries (2015)

Re:Girls perform better academically in almost all countries... by dijit on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:00PM (#26402377)

Men are over represented at the top _and_ at the bottom.

So the average may be higher for girls, but that’s across all girls.

This is what the bell curves are and a result of men’s being very wide and girls’ being very narrow.

This is known as the variability hypothesis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variability_hypothesis?wprov=s...

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Re:Girls perform better academically in almost all countries... by drdec on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:54PM (#26403270)

Now consider the fact that there is a limit on the top grade and much more more at the bottom of the grading scale. If you assume the variability hypothesis is true, it seems inevitable that the average for girls would be higher.

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