tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post1282089518604133426..comments2023-11-19T20:38:50.237-08:00Comments on Economic Logic: How to make your children intelligentEconomic Logicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-64927355546404760872012-12-31T02:38:47.558-08:002012-12-31T02:38:47.558-08:00Interesting post, but i would like to refer to the...Interesting post, but i would like to refer to the study undertaken by steven levitt, that there is no possible way to make your children intelligent, it is all in the genes, so there's nothing you can do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-90870592525713768772012-11-29T01:53:50.623-08:002012-11-29T01:53:50.623-08:00It would seem odd to use IQ in a regression meant ...It would seem odd to use IQ in a regression meant to explain cognitive ability test scores. How about using muscle mass to predict how much weight you can lift?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-21822768069766868832012-11-28T07:55:05.445-08:002012-11-28T07:55:05.445-08:00That thing is likely IQ, which in theory is the co...That thing is likely IQ, which in theory is the component of cognitive ability you are born with. Measuring it properly is a difficult task, though, The measurement error in IQ is very likely correlated with the environment variables used in this study, so I do not think leaving IQ out is that bad.Economic Logicianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-79272763404083099072012-11-28T03:39:43.194-08:002012-11-28T03:39:43.194-08:00Interesting. Would you care to let the rest of us ...Interesting. Would you care to let the rest of us know what that thing is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-25262436912159837112012-11-27T14:10:19.735-08:002012-11-27T14:10:19.735-08:00How the hell can you write a paper like this witho...How the hell can you write a paper like this without controlling for something that is known to account for 40-80% of cognitive ability? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-5431129561332541802012-11-27T09:01:11.868-08:002012-11-27T09:01:11.868-08:00Where do you see that quote? I can't find it i...Where do you see that quote? I can't find it in the abstract.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-90667532635595257212012-11-27T07:03:54.246-08:002012-11-27T07:03:54.246-08:00Interesting comment re 'behavioral problems ca...Interesting comment re 'behavioral problems can be traced back to the mother's education style'<br /><br />Is this a genuine finding or gender bias?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386457632784402960noreply@blogger.com