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Subject: Re: Women and computer: the reason why...

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 17:15:59 04/21/98

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On April 21, 1998 at 17:32:33, James B. Shearer wrote:

>From [2]: "Below the 10th percentile and above the 90th percentile,
>there
>are about 4 females for every 5 males." (p. 18) and "male scores about
>10%
>more variable on average" (p. 28).
>
>10th percentile is about IQ 120, so Fernando's original post overstated
>the
>amount of the difference.

This is a lot easier to handle than the contention that there are almost
no smart women.

bruce



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