| ▲ | toasterlovin a day ago | |
If you think genetics matter for success (or whatever you want to call it), test scores are a proxy, but a successful parent is a direct measurement of the trait. | ||
| ▲ | dragonwriter a day ago | parent [-] | |
No, if "the relationship between genetics and outcomes is stochastic and messy" then having a successful parent is a proxy measure, too. | ||