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BeerMoney 09-25-2005 01:58 PM

Quick thing about IQ tests.
 
When comparing 2 people who score say 5-10 points different on an IQ test, this small, and even medium differences may not be able to say clearly which person is "smarter." Certainly a higher score is some evidence but not overwhelming. (You may know some people you scored better than on the SAT, but are not convinced that you are smarter than them, and you may know people who scored higher than you that you don't consider incredibly sharp.)

HOWEVER. When an IQ test is given to a group, and one group does significantly better than the other, you can say that one group is smarter than the other.

You can no longer make the excuse of "IQ tests are dumb and don't measure everything, blah blah.."

Just letting you know.

09-25-2005 02:01 PM

Re: Quick thing about IQ tests.
 
I see your point, an analougy would be to compare winrates of poker players

sexdrugsmoney 09-25-2005 11:57 PM

Re: Quick thing about IQ tests.
 
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Certainly a higher score is some evidence but not overwhelming.

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Is there a test one can take that will accurately say what their intelligence is?

Cheers,
SDM


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