Students richer and males are more likely to claim than others who know more than they actually do, says a new study. The study involved 15 years, students from nine English-speaking countries analyzed surveys of 40,000 found that boys and men from wealthy families to be more likely “bullshitters” who are defined as “persons knowledge or experience in a claim area where actually little experience at all. “the study, conducted by IZA for the industrial economy, survey data looked on the program for international student assessment (PISA), an assessment that students academic skills in different countries have published compares was. The survey asked students how well they understand 16 math concepts, but there was one problem: three concepts were produced. English Cross through all nine countries, boys and economically disadvantaged students were more likely to exaggerate their skills, Nikki Shure, one of the authors of the study and assistant professor of economics at the Faculty of Social Sciences at University College London, the authors, tells TIME. “They claim expertise in things that have absolutely no knowledge,” says Shure. “She could not. These things do not exist.” The countries in which students were most guilty BS? The United States and Canada. Students in the two counties had scores that on the study, on average, 0.25 and 0.3 were “bullshit scale.” However, the two counties have had the narrow gap between boys and girls, with a distance of 0.25. 34 between the sexes. In England and Ireland, the gap was much wider – .48 and .46 points. The study also asked students to evaluate their own personal characteristics. Students tend BS were also more likely to say that they are more persistent popular and have good problem solving skills through their mathematical knowledge. Shure says that if a person BS in determining the capacity is concerned, it has a great impact on the economic inequality between men and women, such as the ability to play on socio-economic lines. “One can imagine that the people in this crap index are good at certain things a high score that could be awarded,” says Shure. “You could get an interview to be in college. You may have an interview for a job or an internship. It could help these skills, and at the end aggravate the gap is observed between people coming from environments rich and poor backgrounds, and men and women. “She argues that the more training phenomenon could help employers or colleges with policies section to get through the BS and determine which students are actually the majority. However, Shure says it is conceivable that “bullshitters” an advantage when it comes to progress: “They clearly have very high opinions of themselves. And that could be associated with a more future leaders with respect.”
Rich, the male American students are more BS, says study
