Re: Despite high school algebra focus, more students need remedial

On May 13, 11:48=A0am, kev...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Beth Kevles) wrote:
> Citing "The Bell Curve" makes me suspect everything else in those
> posts... "The Bell Curve" is really NOT good science. =A0It's based on
> ideas that lost respect after World War II (and for good reason)!

Might this "good reason" be that it is not politically correct???
Please substantiate your claim that it is not good science.

The Bell curve *is* good science.  I base my claim on the Central
Limit Theorem.   The sum of any set of iid random variables MUST
be approximated by the bell curve.

And if one does not know what the CLT is, or how it is derived, or how
it is
applicable in statistics, then I claim that that person is not
qualified to
have an opinion.  And anyone who tries to claim that statistical
measurements
of intelligence (or any other measurement of human performance)
are not meaningful is living in LaLa land.

And yes, I have read the Mismeasure of Man.