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Imagine that there is a very good (reliable, robust, sensitive, valid) test of a person’s real ability: the ability to learn a language or play a musical instrument, or learn a new complex computer program ’ or whatever. Then consider giving the test to many thousands of people from all backgrounds.
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Furnham, A. (2005). A matter of confidence. In: The People Business. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510098_39
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