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I have nominated Elementary cognitive task, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elementary cognitive task. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells• Otter chirps) 03:42, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm curious, have you seen the Beaujean and Osterlind paper ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2007.10.004), and do you have any thoughts on it? -- Legalleft ( talk) 23:29, 20 March 2008 (UTC) I haven't read it in great detail but my impression is twofold:firstly the basic principle is sound and far reaching. Classic IQ tests are (IMHO and probably that of Rasch and general IRT modelers) sources only of ordinal data - that is they are rankings. As the hot topics, such as the achievement gap for ethnic minorities and the Flynn effect, are primarily about arithmetic differences the kind of data that IQ tests generate just isn't up to the job. To measure differences you need measurement data and that requires a measurement model such as the Rasch model (or only the Rasch model in some opinions). Simply put IQs are like 1st, 2nd,3rd and arithmetically 27th -17th =10th doesn't make any actual sense. Secondly, I was taught that you have to use IRT from the ground up. I'm less familiar with using such tools retrospectively on tests that weren't designed within the framework of a given model. Consequently I'm not entirely sure that their approach was right. I've used Rasch model based measurement scales on tests of mathematical ability but not retrospectively. Either way its an interesting development. Nick Connolly ( talk) 02:09, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
I appreciate your constructive role in the discussion. Do you think there is enough agreement to move forward on my first proposal? I ask because it seems to me that you and Ramdrake, working together, would be able to work out an appropriate article, one that covers the controversy that is notable, rather than try to make claims about the controversial science ... this would be a content rathe3r than a POV fork and I think you and Ramdrake are both well-suited to develop such an article ... Slrubenstein | Talk 20:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Nick, do you think that we could expand that into a set of guidelines to propose on the talk page? -- Legalleft ( talk) 23:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
That's great. Do you want to propose it on the talk page? I'll support it. -- Legalleft ( talk) 17:13, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Nick, I just left this message on Brusegadi and Wobbl's talk pages. I share it with you because I think if there is any serious progress with this article you will be part of it, so I wanted to shar emy concern with you:
I know you have not been feeding trolls but I am concerned that a constructive discussion you were prominent in has been or seems to be in the process of being derailed, and hope you can help. Slrubenstein | Talk 12:28, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
You are wrong that no one objects to my proposal. Jagz has made consistent and strenuous objections, e.g. here. As long as he does we need mediation as I entirely reject his vision of the article. I do however hope you and I can work together, which is why it is important that you accept mediation and I hope you will consider accepting User: Tim Vickers, I think he would be very effective. Slrubenstein | Talk 16:41, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
I seem to be having problems editing anything. Seems to be working here... Nick Connolly ( talk) 05:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Nick, there is a new attempt at mediation for "Race and intelligence". The only person who refused mediation previously was Jagz and he's left the article. Any interest? Alun ( talk) 06:09, 9 June 2008 (UTC) Yes -ish, I've been on a semiWiki-break due to general work demands (and my aging home machine behaving erratically). Nick Connolly ( talk) 01:01, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
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