wedrifid comments on Other people's procedural knowledge gaps - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 11 February 2011 05:52:32PM 0 points [-]

but I find it rather distressing that the average writing level for any of the demographics tops at the ninth grade level.

The tools used to evaluate the level of writing ability or even the quality of the specific test. The very nature of the questions being answered and the format appropriate to the context would play a large part in the ratings shown.