Causal effect of education on IQ scores using the discordant twin design?

Recently, the twin-control design has been used to test causal models (e.g. exercise→happiness, exercise→¬depression/anxiety symptoms, casual sex→depression/suicidal thoughts). The theory is simple. Suppose we do a standard cross-sectional design study…

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Review: The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Academic Practice (Martin Weller)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12582388-the-digital-scholar http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=5343D586EEEFB7BB24DE5B71FBD07C32 Someone posted a nice collection of books dealing with the on-going revolution in science: https://twitter.com/melbaek/status/515140960548691968 So i decided to read some of them. Ironically, many of them are…

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Review: Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking) (Christian Rudder)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21480734-dataclysm http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=9d2c0744b6bcce6ec9e67625125244a8 This good is based on the popular but discontinued OKTrends blog, but now apparently active again becus of the book release. There is some more info in the…

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Review: G Is for Genes: The Impact of Genetics on Education and Achievement (Kathryn Asbury, Robert Plomin)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17015094-g-is-for-genes http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=97ac0ec914522d3c888679e9c02291c6 So i kept finding references to this book in papers, so i decided to read it. It is a quick read introducing behavior genetics and the results from…

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Review: Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them (Joshua D. Greene)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17707599-moral-tribes http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=08a6526a7a706c4ae5f5aa7543ffc702 Years ago when i used to study filosofy, i came across Joshua's website. On the site i found his phd thesis which i read. It is probably the…

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