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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by giantg2 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @12:40PM (#33346204)
I wasn't aware they accepted funding. So it seems odd they are so evenly balanced.
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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by scarmig on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @01:14PM (#33346633)
Another possibility: men have higher variation in performance than women. Even if the male mean were lower, a greater standard deviation would swamp that effect at the high end.
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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by thaumasiotes on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @05:08PM (#33349490)
> I wasn't aware they accepted funding.

Their researchers apply for grants. That is considered "funding". Enrolling students who have taken out student loans is also considered to be "goverment funding" for the school rather than the student.

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Re:The irrelevance of test scores is greatly exaggerated by giantg2 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:10PM (#33361589)
"Enrolling students who have taken out student loans is also considered to be "goverment funding" for the school rather than the student."

Do you have a source for this?

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