Musical preference and SAT scores - study

[rusvik]

 

[KennyPowers]

Correlation =/ Causation.

In b4 wickedfire starts listening to Beethoven.

 

[rusvik]

Correlation =/ Causation.

In b4 wickedfire starts listening to Beethoven.

Lil Wayne fan?

 

[Unarmed Gunman]

So people that listen to Lil Wayne are literally retarded, and not just figuratively retarded.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7tOAGY59uQ[/ame]

But he says Real G's move in silence like lasagna, so how can we trust this dataformation?

 

[GimpSpack]

The fact that U2 listeners are among the highest SAT scorers not only destroys my faith in humanity, but also invalidates the SAT test.

Besides, who needs school when I can learn about Greek mythology from an obscure coked-out rapper from Seattle?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wzZjQFmM1Y"]Nacho Picasso - I'm a Greek God - YouTube[/ame]

Got my burner from Hephaestus, Athena my niece
If you're a slow learner then Homer can teach
Tonight we dine in Hell, you feel the heat?
Gettin' head from a hydra, you feel the teeth?

 

[SirKonstantine]

where's the biebs?

 

[Meatytreats]

where's the biebs?

They were too young to take the SAT

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

I'm smart, cause I like U2 and the Counting Crows, and an infographic on the internet said so!

 

[JakeStratham]

From here:

To come up with this chart, Virgil used Facebook to determine the “Favorite music” of students in different colleges in the US and then combined their taste with the average SAT scores of students from these colleges. Smart.

As KennyPowers noted, nothing beyond correlation can be gleaned from this "study." Virgil knows this...

Yes, I'm aware correlation ≠ causation. The results are hilarity incarnate regardless of causality. You can stop sending me email about this distinction. Thanks.

As always, observational studies make for titillating headlines. But they offer very little insight into causality. No one believes a rooster's crowing causes the sun to rise. But I shudder to think how many knuckleheads are going to look at Virgil's chart and form conclusions based on it.

 

[intent]

But I shudder to think how many knuckleheads are going to look at Virgil's chart and form conclusions based on it.

Here's one:

 

[papajohn56]

they don't list my favorite composers, this is bullshit

 

[Moxie]

they don't list my favorite composers, this is bullshit

I agree, all of Wickedfire should be raging due to the noninclusion of Wagner and Pete Burns.


You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The strings were based on Richard Wagner's classical piece Ride of the Valkyries."

 

[avatar33]

So people that listen to Lil Wayne are literally retarded, and not just figuratively retarded.

Lil Wayne - 6 Foot 7 Foot (Explicit) ft. Cory Gunz - YouTube

But he says Real G's move in silence like lasagna, so how can we trust this dataformation?

Best. Line. Ever. lol

I actually kinda like the beat too. *brb doing an IQ test*

 

[$5 Submissions]

What are the chances of the following happening with that study?

- self-selection bias
- respondents trying to 'impress' the person taking the survey
- questionnaire format skewing results

 

[nydahl]

What are the chances of the following happening with that study?

- self-selection bias
- respondents trying to 'impress' the person taking the survey
- questionnaire format skewing results

yeap - good point! Anyway I like how Ludwig stands alone:cool-smiley-008: