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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: No Correlation Between Intelligence and Wealth

Jersey Jazzman: No Correlation Between Intelligence and Wealth:


No Correlation Between Intelligence and Wealth

It's important to understand that when I and others say there is a correlation between socio-economic status and test scores, we're not saying there's a correlation between socio-economic status and intelligence.

Mitt Romney proves it:
Romney’s wife, Ann, was in attendance, and the candidate spoke of the concern he had for her when her plane had to make an emergency landing Friday en route to Santa Monica because of an electrical  malfunction.
“I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don’t think she knows just how worried some of us were,” Romney said. “When you have a fire in an aircraft,