tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post8736623880801792925..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: More GWAS hits on cognitive ability: ESHG 2015Steve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-73880119855990341022015-06-21T08:04:18.714-04:002015-06-21T08:04:18.714-04:00We emailed the authors to get the SNPs, but they w...We emailed the authors to get the SNPs, but they wouldn't share them. However they wrote:<br />"Thanks for the interest. Our study actually now includes 300,000 samples, which resulted 74 Educational Attainment associated variants. To answer your questions – 1) our findings are submitted and being currently reviewed; and 2) I am afraid I cannot share any results. Although you could Emil Kirkegaardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-4196186699122682532015-06-18T12:31:41.385-04:002015-06-18T12:31:41.385-04:00No possible way a correlation exists with outliers...No possible way a correlation exists with outliers, is there?Kiki Insultcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-47444401135549979482015-06-18T11:56:13.542-04:002015-06-18T11:56:13.542-04:00No possible reason why some people might drop out ...No possible reason why some people might drop out of school other than they can't hack it, is there?Theresa Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-83760659120199521792015-06-12T15:20:33.908-04:002015-06-12T15:20:33.908-04:00I do share your doubts regarding correlation of co...I do share your doubts regarding correlation of cognitive ability with tests, years of schooling, etcaseussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-52519112773530255462015-06-12T15:17:54.999-04:002015-06-12T15:17:54.999-04:00Not really. For every Bill Gates, there are many m...Not really. For every Bill Gates, there are many more who stick with it, earn doctorates, and contribute to their respective fields. None of the winners of Turing Prizes, Nobel Prizes, or Fields Medals "dropped out" of education. And there are others who didn't win prestigious awards but nonetheless produced original ideas and insights.aseussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-79326919394741528802015-06-12T00:52:08.979-04:002015-06-12T00:52:08.979-04:00Anyone who can't avoid seeing the problems wit...Anyone who can't avoid seeing the problems with the party lines promulgated by each academic discipline, and particularly those who express those problems and don't have the capacity for doublethink academics need in order to cope with cognitive dissonance is not going to be awarded a certificate of conformity (degree). On the other hand, those who get such certificates are not going to MUltannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-54903371247619087052015-06-11T17:49:33.199-04:002015-06-11T17:49:33.199-04:00Where is the 200 000 sample from? Do you know?Where is the 200 000 sample from? Do you know?Bibibibibib Blubbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-949708291334232822015-06-11T16:43:15.473-04:002015-06-11T16:43:15.473-04:00As many as 70? Looks like we have an exciting pape...As many as 70? Looks like we have an exciting paper to look forward to. Hopefully they'll get the preprint up soon.gwernhttp://www.gwern.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-89350345884273981282015-06-11T16:12:08.325-04:002015-06-11T16:12:08.325-04:00How satisfied are you with the current definitions...How satisfied are you with the current definitions of the traits? Would you envision something like cognitive tests being replaced with more biological measures like brain physiology? Or are you happy with the definition of cognitive ability as the correlation between tests (g-factor).ben_gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-65741596623625071142015-06-11T15:48:29.505-04:002015-06-11T15:48:29.505-04:00You just need a sufficient overall correlation bet...You just need a sufficient overall correlation between edu years and cognitive ability in order to use it to find cognitive hits. Of course some of the hits could be on something other than cognitive ability, such as Conscientiousness, but you follow up by testing your hits against samples for which you have direct cognitive measurements.steve hsuhttp://plus.google.com/u/0/+StephenHsu/aboutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-79796702150286293952015-06-11T15:42:54.388-04:002015-06-11T15:42:54.388-04:00"Educational attainment, measured as years of..."Educational attainment, measured as years of schooling, is commonly used as a proxy for cognitive function."<br /><br />Really high achievers have a habit of dropping out of higher education.ben_gnoreply@blogger.com