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From: tada@athena.mit.edu (Michael Zehr)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: Bias on IQ tests
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Date: 28 Mar 88 02:56:22 GMT
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In article <3943@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> sethg@athena.mit.edu (Seth A. Gordon) writes:
>This speaks volumes to me on the relationship between "intelligence,"
>whatever that is, and intelligence tests.

Well, I once had an analyst tell me that he and a lot of other psychologists
believed that the score you get on an IQ test has about as much to do with
how well you succeed at life (college, and other things that are supposed
to require intelligence, in particular) as the length of [insert favorite
euphimism for male sex organ here].

Furthermore, results from IQ tests can change redically from year to year,
so that makes them even more suspect.




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michael j zehr
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