Women scored about 33 SAT-M points lower than men who took the same math course and received the same grade¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 1992 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Among almost 47,000 men and women matched on type of math course taken and grade received, women on average scored about 33 SAT points lower than men with the same course and grade. → Howard Wainer 1992

Evidence¶

Howard Wainer 1992¶

Howard Wainer, Linda Steinberg. (1992). Sex Differences in Performance on the Mathematics Section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test: A Bidirectional Validity Study. Harvard Educational Review. https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.62.3.1p1555011301r133

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Retrospective matched-sample analysis of first-year college math students, matching men and women on "type of math course taken and grade received". Women averaged "about 33 SAT points lower" than equally performing men; no standardized effect size is printed.

"Matching almost 47,000 men and women on type of math course taken and grade received, the authors found that, on average, women had scored about 33 SAT points lower than men who had taken the same course and received the same grade."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• Systematic racial, ethnic and gender differences in grades persist among students with the same test scores, attendance, courses and teachers — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Prospective regression analysis of the same data found somewhat larger sex differences in the same direction — related
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