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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Question re: conditions of Turing/other "understanding" tests
Summary: There is an extensive industry engaged in intelligence testing.
Keywords: Intelligence Testing
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Date: 10 Mar 89 08:23:34 GMT
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In article <1321@hub.ucsb.edu> silber@sbphy.ucsb.edu writes:

 > Can "optimal" statistical criteria + knowledge domain selections
 > for an "understanding" test be characterized?

You might consider the methods employed by the Educational Testing
Service (ETS) of Princeton, NJ, and similar institutions.  These
organizations devise standard intelligence tests, in the spirit of
IQ tests, SAT exams, the Stanford-Binet tests, the Iowa Test of Basic
Skills, Michigan Multiphasic Aptitude Tests, etc.

--Barry Kort