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From: govett@avsd.UUCP (David Govett)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: Bias on IQ tests
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Date: 28 Mar 88 16:36:30 GMT
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> 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...

IQs are good predictors of one thing: the likelihood that a person
will tell you his/her IQ.