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		tptacek 72 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Job mismatch and early career success Now I think you're the one defending a weird hill, because math is like half of the SAT, and trig is a learned skill, not a general cognitive ability.

thaumasiotes 72 days ago [–]

There is no trigonometry on the SAT. Are you thinking of the subject tests?

They don't differ in psychometric properties from the general SAT, but they do require more education before they make sense.

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