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Standardized test scores: math and verbal

Explore the WORDSUM vocab test's implications through SAT data analysis and demographic verbal intelligence insights.

Written byRazib Khan
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Prompted by miko's skepticism about the utility of WORDSUM (a vocab test) across subcultures, I went and looked for SAT data. My assumption was that math sections are more "culture-fair" (though from what I gather ETS tries hard in various ways to be culture-fair in general). The data was not hard to find:

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You can also check the ACT results.

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