Friday, January 23, 2009

Obama's Magic Pixie Dust Now Improving Test Scores

NYTimes:
Now researchers have documented what they call an Obama effect, showing that a performance gap between African-Americans and whites on a 20-question test administered before Mr. Obama’s nomination all but disappeared when the exam was administered after his acceptance speech and again after the presidential election.


Wake me up when:
  • He walks on water.
  • He heals leprosy.
  • He cures blindness.
People have completely lost their fucking minds. The statistical analysis used to prove this is so suspect I can't believe it. Furthermore, it scares me that somebody was delusional enough to think there might be an improvement in the first place.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I seem to remember reading something similar eight years ago. Didn’t the performance gap between drunken frat boys and African-Americans disappear when George Bush was elect... uhh... installed.

George Pal

 
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