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- From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
- Subject: Re: IQ Test?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:35:24 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.003524.8767@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec30.133342.1273@altair.selu.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec30.133342.1273@altair.selu.edu> bhmd1464@altair.selu.edu writes:
- >
- >
- > According to my memory, the formula for computing IQ was something
- >like mental age * 10 / physical age. How is IQ really computed
- >or determined? Can it be done accurately for someone my age (23)?
-
- It can for groups whose mean IQ is 10, such as the folks for whom
- the warning is put on those little packs of Silica Gel in packing
- material that say, "Do Not Eat This."
-
- You may receive dozens of responses that say that intelligence cannot
- be accurately measured, but the response to what I think you want to
- ask is, "Yes."
-
- GMS
-