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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What kind of study is useful when the thesis claimed is true for only for half of the population?

That's like saying, studies show people benefit from eating more X or regularly doing Y exercise...unless you're female.[/quote]

Gotcha. Your point would be strengthened if there was an implausible basis for the difference. Say, they found that kids with blue eyes actually benefited more from going to selective colleges. Or kids from a specific sliver of family income (e.g. $100,000-$150,000). Or kids only from the Northeast.

But the differences they found are for groups that often show up with different results than whites and Asians. Here's an example study showing that income differences hold for whites and Asians vs. blacks and Latinos after accounting for where they live:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/29/the-asian-american-advantage-that-is-actually-an-illusion/[/quote]
How does citing this strengthen your point in any way?[/quote]

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