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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So a group of Ivy League and non-Ivy League athletes shared their SAT scores, high school grades, calls rank, etc. and then years later shared their career or post college earnings with the researcher?

It strikes me that no everyone would be willing to share such information.  So the sample consists only of those willing to reveal sensitive personal information - in my experience such people are few and far between (do you know what your best friend has earned over the course of her career?) and those who are willing to share the information skew toward the successful in the group.  I'd also be wary of a study based on the assumption that SAT scores etc. make two people alike.

But hey if a PRINCETON academic says it is true it must be true.[/quote]

You have used just about all the tricks to "potshot" a survey whose results run contrary to your obvious bias. (Non-representative sample, high rate of nonresponse, etc.)

Because of the requirement of the Ivy League Academic Index and the NCAA rules there's a great deal of information about academic qualifications coming in. And the College placement offices carefully tracks the jobs these kids get at graduation and I'm sure they survey the kids.

This "academic" went into this without a bias. He collected data. He analyzed and he published it in an environment of peer review of studies where his reputation was at stake. You on the other hand have an obvious bias. You're are trying to bluster and bully your way through this because you don't like the answer.

Such a thin attempt won't work most places. Do some reading. I recommend you start by understanding the Ivy League Academic Index for athletes and just how low the lowest band is.

The results of the study make perfect sense in the real world. Most people aren't fooled by credentials.

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