Sandy's Wager

[Jeff Spinner-Halev]

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But Student A and Student B come from biassed samples.  Homeschooled
children almost surely have parents who are more keenly interested in =
their=20
education, *on average,* than public school children.  Since parental =
involvement in their children's education is a key factor in how =
children do in school, home schooled children will do better in Rick's =
test.  But these=20
same students, if sent to public schools, would probably also do better =
than other public school students on the same test.

Jeff Spinner-Halev
Assistant Professor of Political Science
U of Nebraska

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From:   richard duncan[SMTP:rduncan at UNLINFO.unl.edu]
Sent:   Thursday, August 14, 1997 2:19 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list RELIGIONLAW
Subject:        Sandy's Wager

How does a "typical" home school student compare to a "typical" public
school student? I have my opinion and Sandy has his. But let me ask
Sandy about a wager. If you had to bet, say, the balance in your
TIAA-CREF account on whether Student A or Student B scored higher on
standardized achievement tests, and the only thing you knew about the
students was that Student A was randomly selected from a list of home
school students and Student B was randomly selected from a list of
public school students of the same age, how would you bet? I know how
I'd bet.

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             Rick Duncan (rduncan at unlinfo.unl.edu)

"Be of good courage,
 And He shall strengthen your heart,
 All you who hope in the Lord."
       --Psalm 31:24



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