Only 15% of published polygenic score estimates for education come from non-European ancestry samples, all recruited in the US¶
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q3 i? The evidence base is heavily Eurocentric: only 15% of samples were of non-European ancestry, and no study reported predictions from non-WEIRD countries. → Wilding 2024
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Wilding 2024¶
Wilding, K., Wright, M., & von Stumm, S. (2024). Using DNA to Predict Education: a Meta-analytic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09928-4
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Descriptive synthesis of the retained studies' ancestry and recruitment: "only 15% of the samples were of non-European ancestry", all US-recruited. The authors could identify no study reporting predictions in samples from non-WEIRD countries.
"First, only 15% of the samples were of non-European ancestry; they had been recruited in the US, where 46% of all estimates included in this meta-analysis stemmed from."
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Related Claims¶
- Sample ancestry significantly moderates polygenic score predictions of educational attainment, with stronger predictions in European-ancestry samples
- Polygenic score predictions are reduced in African American relative to European ancestry samples, significantly so only for educational attainment
- Polygenic score predictions of education strengthen as GWAS discovery sample sizes increase — related
- Polygenic scores based on the Lee et al. (2018) GWAS show a meta-analytic association of ρ = 0.27 with educational attainment — related
- Participant samples in AI trust research skew WEIRD: mostly Western, adult, university-educated participants, limiting external validity — a broader claim this one bears on
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Only 15% of published polygenic score estimates for education come from non-European ancestry samples, all recruited in the US |
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Only 15% of published polygenic score estimates for education come from non-European ancestry samples, all recruited in the US |
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