Re: What Are the Race Deniers Denying?
(Duncan@drmac.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 01 Nov 96 11:10:04 GMT
In article <55acgq$aqj@pelican.unf.edu> rkephart@osprey.unf.edu "Ron
Kephart" writes:
> This is an extremely important point and one which I hope the people
> following this thread will think carefully about. If within group
> variation is greater than between group then there is SOMETHING WRONG
> WITH THE WAY THE "GROUPS" ARE CONSTRUCTED.
For any one attribute, the variation within groups will be greater
than that within, but group identity is assigned on the overall "score" of
multiple attributes.
I get the impression that a lot of people who rubbish "The Bell Curve"
seem to think that IQ was used to assign the subjects to their racial groups,
instead of the other way round.
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D. MacMillan
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