Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxt!martillo From: martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Martillo) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: sexual differences, environment Message-ID: <496@ihuxt.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-May-84 21:21:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxt.496 Posted: Wed May 16 21:21:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 17-May-84 04:39:44 EDT References: <158@decwrl.UUCP> <342@astrovax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 8 Obviously, the test of math ability (actually ability to visualize spatial relations) are useful insofar as they predict performance on the job. If such a test truly predicted future performance on the job, then it would be a useful predictor of what proportion a given group should be represented at a given job. Otherwise, there would be no objective indicator whether a given employer were discriminating.