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<p>Those aren’t the only two conclusions you can draw from this data, both conclusions are far too simple and straightforward. It’s just like how in any experiment, you can’t conclude that one of the variables you measured must have caused the data to show up the way it is. There might have been some other variable affecting how CS shows up in the list. Say if “information technology” majors (IT is nowhere as rigorous or quantitative as CS, but still computer-related) were included under CS in that study it could have affected CS’s rank on that list. In making this thread I was really looking for suggestions on what kind of differences between the physics/math majors and CS majors could have caused a 5 point difference in their averages rather than “well, English majors are smart too” type of responses. </p>
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<p>Didn’t see that comment before, but CS is definitely a quantitative major. Programming code is basically like doing an applied kind of formal logic. Also, at the minimum CS majors have to take discrete math and up to Calc II.</p>