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Article #2708Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?)
From: The Polymath
Date: Mon, 22 May 1989 18:36
Date: Mon, 22 May 1989 18:36
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In article <748@cogsci.ucsd.EDU> meadors@cogsci.UUCP (Tony Meadors) writes:
} I would bet that given a "real" cross-section of individuals (think of
} testing everyone that enters the DMV for example) you would find quite
} a tidy correlation between performance on a spelling test and a standard
} IQ test: say, 0.3 to 0.4. Why this is, as well as what it means to
} designers, educators, and we, the poor spellers, is an open question.
Possibly because you're a compulsive gambler? (-: (What you would bet on
has little to do with what is).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!ukma!rex!ames!apple!versatc!mips!prls!philabs!ttidca!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.cog-eng,sci.psychology Subject: Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?) Message-ID: <4489@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 22 May 89 18:36:55 GMT References: <39131@bbn.COM> <1982@trantor.harris-atd.com> <187@intek01.UUCP> <8068@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <4412@ttidca.TTI.COM> <16063@sequent.UUCP> <2010@hp-sdd.hp.com> <748@cogsci.ucsd.EDU> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) Distribution: na Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 15