College completion prevalence differs hugely between the top and bottom deciles of the polygenic score distribution (60% versus 10%)¶

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q2 i? In the GWAS data reported, the difference in prevalence of college completion between individuals in the top decile versus bottom decile of the polygenic score distribution was 50% (60% versus 10%). → Peter M. Visscher 2022

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Peter M. Visscher 2022¶

Peter M. Visscher. (2022). Genetics of cognitive performance, education and learning: from research to policy? npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00124-z

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The commentary describes this as an example of empirical data on genetics and social outcomes from the latest GWAS of educational attainment (ref. 3), contrasting top-decile and bottom-decile PGS individuals: "the difference in prevalence of college completion ... was 50% (60% versus 10%)". It calls this difference huge; no standardised effect size is printed.

"the difference in prevalence of college completion between individuals in the top decile versus bottom decile of the distribution of the PGS was 50% (60% versus 10%) 3, which is huge"

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Related Claims¶

• Polygenic scores based on the Lee et al. (2018) GWAS show a meta-analytic association of ρ = 0.27 with educational attainment — related
• A polygenic score for educational attainment explains about 15% of individual differences in out-of-sample prediction among people of European descent, with a correlation of approximately 0.4 with outcomes — related