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> That table is saying that if you are an underrepresented minority, you are expected to do 40% worse on the SAT/ACT.

This is separate from the main point, but "underrepresented" minorities are defined by their lower performance on the SAT, so 0.4 isn't impressive at all for that cell.

Also, you've made a gross mathematical error; "you are expected to do 40% worse on the test" is a statement about the effect size, not the correlation.



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