Why educational inequality runs in families: Genetics more than environment (osf.io) 24 points by mpweiher 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] pmags 1y ago ↗ Some reading if you'd like to some critical framing of this and similar twin studies and path analysis models:Gusev, S. Twin heritability models can tell you whatever you want to hear. https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/twin-heritability-mo...Feldman Marcus W. and Ramachandran Sohini. 2018. Missing compared to what? Revisiting heritability, genes and culture. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B37320170064 http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0064
[–] crankyOldGuy 1y ago ↗ A correlation of 0.31 is not very meaningful. This is of little value, as far as I can tell. [–] readthenotes1 1y ago ↗ I think that's the point - - that .31 is not meaningful, so it is not parental education that matters, it must be something else.They ascribe 68% of that something else to genetics
[–] readthenotes1 1y ago ↗ I think that's the point - - that .31 is not meaningful, so it is not parental education that matters, it must be something else.They ascribe 68% of that something else to genetics
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[ 1.9 ms ] story [ 24.1 ms ] threadGusev, S. Twin heritability models can tell you whatever you want to hear. https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/twin-heritability-mo...
Feldman Marcus W. and Ramachandran Sohini. 2018. Missing compared to what? Revisiting heritability, genes and culture. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B37320170064 http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0064
They ascribe 68% of that something else to genetics