Feb 15, 2013 · Getting an IQ score of 130 implies that you have better test-taking skills than someone getting an IQ score of 100. The general populace believes that IQ tests have some sort of mysterious cachet that allows them to measure a pure abstract quality known as “intelligence” free from any cultural influence or educational opportunity.

Mar 8, 2022 · It’s hard to measure people strictly by their IQ, because not everyone has the same health challenges, not everyone has a stress free life due to their socioeconomic conditions and so on, however if we just looked at an average generic representative of a person with 80 iq points, 100 and 120, how big would a difference between them be? For example could a healthy and stress-free person with ...

Oct 20, 2024 · The Flynn effect is the substantial and long-sustained increase in both fluid and crystallized intelligence test scores that were measured in many parts of the world over the 20th century, named after researcher James Flynn (1934–2020).[1][2] When intelligence quotient (IQ) tests are initially standardized using a sample of test-takers, by convention the average of the test results is set to ...

Jun 30, 2000 · The IQ number is determined by dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by 100. So, it’s basically assessing whether your thinking ability is right for your age. (normal=100) I assume “mental age” is asymptotic at “adult”, unless wisdom (knowledge) is part of the measurement…which it does not seem to be from ...

Oct 23, 2013 · In other words, wouldn’t an IQ average of 85 (which is exactly midway between 70 and 100) make more sense if African Americans were literally a mulatto race, which they are not? Not necessarily. Even if we assume measured intelligence is purely genetic in origin, which we know is false, exactly how that expresses itself by heritage isn’t going to be clear. Using ratio of admixtures between ...

Jun 10, 2001 · “The BELL CURVE for whites is centered roughly around IQ 100; the BELL CURVE for American blacks roughly around 85” “Racial-ethnic differences are somewhat smaller but still substantial for individuals from the same socioeconomic backgrounds.

Oct 24, 2014 · Mensa’s official entrance criteria is an IQ test in the top 2%. But of qualifying Americans, fewer than 1 in 100 are members. So smarts is not the real screening criteria. The real screening criteria is whether you find something worthwhile in the other people & the activities. Boyo_Jim October 24, 2014, 8:12pm 3

Mar 19, 2025 · Assume IQ is a valid measure (and let’s not into the ways IQ tests suck, please–it’s just a hypothetical for illustration’s sake.) If 100 is the average, I’ll suggest (for starters) that MAGAs will be come in under three digits and Harris supporters at over three digits.

Apr 24, 2016 · It’s a memory quiz, and basically a test to see how well you take tests. If you read all the little extra info blurbs, some of them contained answers to later questions. I am very good at multiple choice tests. I can score 85% on a test I am completely unprepared for and know absolutely nothing about just by reading all the questions through carefully, and …

Jul 9, 2010 · The results weren’t expressed as a percent of correct answers, but where you ranked compared to all the other kids of the same age in the state. Me, too – I graduated HS in 1981. I also remember taking the ITED once or twice, and the Lorge-Thorndike IQ test in 6th grade (1974 or 75).