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Will Rogers phenomenon en · PROPN

Etymology

Named after the comedian Will Rogers, who joked (in the context of migration during the Great Depression) that "when the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states".

Meanings

  1. The situation where moving an observation from one group to another increases the average of both groups.

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