tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821055994181766793.post6885660985410250311..comments2023-10-21T14:36:26.307-05:00Comments on The Chalkboard: Math in the Media - First Do the MathRichard Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890750341504212951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821055994181766793.post-78856288187230935672007-09-05T11:32:00.000-05:002007-09-05T11:32:00.000-05:00Oh, for the most part, it does appear this way! T...Oh, for the most part, it does appear this way! The article is only a quick announcement of recent results. So a full treatment of the findings would not be found there. <BR/><BR/>I haven't read the full report on the study. Hence I do not know to what extent the researchers controlled for correlations like: Many people like math simply because they are good at it and tend to take more math courses. And since people who like math tend to like subjects whose underpinnings utilize mathematics as part of their base language, they would do better in those subjects also.<BR/><BR/>However, if the authors are advocating a causal relationship and it does not exist, I believe the study would not survive the peer review necessary for publication.<BR/><BR/>I think I understand pretty well the effects advanced training in mathematics has on a persons ability to think analytically in general. So I find the result that taking an advanced math class in high school can provide a boost to later education in the natural sciences to be quite intuitive.Richard Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890750341504212951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821055994181766793.post-51557938296352539242007-09-04T07:50:00.000-05:002007-09-04T07:50:00.000-05:00This appears only to be a correlational relationsh...This appears only to be a correlational relationship, not a causal one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com