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- From: amead@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Alan Mead)
- Subject: Re: GRE etc
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- Organization: UIUC Department of Psychology
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 06:48:19 GMT
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- There are anecdotal accounts of people who have cheated their way
- through grad school. Since grad schools vary in their admissions
- requirements, quality, and philosophy, this, in itself, isn't
- unthinkable. But I do recall thinking the story was implausible. It
- was reported in a reputable-ish news source. This particular guy
- couldn't read.
-
- Personally, although I would like degree holders to be able to read a
- book or newspaper, if someone is smart enough to get through GRAD
- school without knowing how to read, I say they are smarter than the
- average person in grad school.
-
- Studies on cheating behavior (of which I'm only glancingly familiar)
- have a lot of problems. *I* really like the randomized survey
- method:
-
- You give them a randomizing device (eg, a die) and ask, "Have you (1)
- ever cheated or (2) just rolled a 1". That way, your subjects have
- less incentive to lie and yet you can compute the percentage of
- cheaters in your sample.
-
- -alan
-