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Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by mhaymo on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @12:06PM (#5978749)
Because that's a more general claim which cannot be made from this study, and may very well be false.
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Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by pfortuny on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @01:08PM (#5979232)
You are right in some sense but then they should not use the word "maths" either as if it were general. They should just stick to "one test", which happened to be "about maths" but who knows if this variable is relevant?
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