Wonderlic and QB's

[teeray]

Different positions require different forms of thinking. The test measures ability to think declaratively and procedurally. ability to recognize a sequence of numbers has nothing to do with socioeconomic status. The socioeconomic status might have something to do with the fact that the test taker cannot process the sequence--community values, schools, etc. However, thinking is thinking, regardless of the prompts.

Testing bias comes from vocabulary and situations unfamiliar to the test takers in word problems, reading passages, and examples. People who claim bias on a test like this are making excuses.

I am not making an excuse. why would I be making an excuse for people who were successful??? My point was that the successful qb's at the bottom of the wonderlic score list in recent years were overwhelmingly african american. Culpepper, Vick, Garrard, McNabb, all scored 20 or lower but became very good NFL QBs. One was an MVP.

Just seemed that in recent history these guys excelled yet had poor scores and it is consistent with one race. All the white QBs with poor scores that turned out great are from like 20 or more years ago.

Look I wish I hadn't put that out there. But it makes no sense to make an "excuse" for successful QBs. It was an honest observation.

[eViL jEsTeR]

LOL! terry bradshaw 15

[mav1234]

The timed part is what makes it hard.

Seeing if I can dig up a little more information to see what kind of correlation there is.

[Malt Liquor]

What if Cam scores like a 30, then what?

[King Taharqa]

What if Cam scores like a 30, then what?

[carolinahuddle.com logic]Use it as a selling point to the Bengals/Skins/Girls to get them to trade up for him. Picking #1 overall is too scary and dangerous. Let some "real" NFL team do that. [/carolinahuddle.com logic]

[Mr. Scot]

LOL! terry bradshaw 15

Not terribly surprising.

Good quarterback (for his day and what they asked of him), entertaining commentator and by all accounts, nice guy. But let's be honest. He's dumb as a brick.