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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

That paper, in turn, cites an older paper Thorndike (1967) which does not seem to be available anywhere. https://t.co/4Lm8y9tRHk — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 20, 2022 Hibernated

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I sometimes see internet autodidacts saying WORDSUM GSS scores highly correlate with scores on more robust IQ tests but the main cite anyone has to offer for that is a 2010 @razibkhan blogpost that cites a paper from 1980. https://t.co/V9uV7m9AdE — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 20, 2022 Hibernated

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But someone who tracked down an even older paper cited in the 1980 paper found that the Thorndike (1967) paper is likely referencing work Thorndike originally did in the 1940s. — PolitiTweet.org

Gavan Tredoux @gtredoux

@KirkegaardEmil Following the chain of references (I actually have a copy of Miner 1955) it looks like that WORDSUM… https://t.co/8Z0dsZMay3

Posted Aug. 20, 2022 Hibernated

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