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Khoth comments on An attempt at a short no-prerequisite test for programming inclination - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 June 2013 07:09:20AM 0 points [-]

The test looked like it measured intelligence, literacy, and ability to follow rules. How is that biased against blacks?

Comment author: Khoth 02 July 2013 08:57:54AM 0 points [-]

There's some more information about it here: http://www.crmvet.org/nars/schwartz.htm#corelittest :

Then the test — and how it was graded and administered — got even more insidious. Check out question 21. It says: "Spell backwards, forwards". If a Black person spelled "backwards" but omitted the comma, he/she would be flunked. If a Black person spelled "backwards," he/she would be flunked. If a Black person asked why, he/she would be told either "you forgot the comma," or "you shouldn't have included the comma," or "you should have spelled 'backwards, forwards'". Any plausible response by a white person would be accepted, and so would any implausible response.

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