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- From: roberts@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Eric Roberts)
- Subject: Re: IQ Test?
- Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 05:51:49 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.055149.15267@julian.uwo.ca>
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- In article <01GSXMV9SKC6ADDCVB@ccfvx3.draper.com> skh4161@mvs.draper.com (Kjeld Hvatum) writes:
- >
- >>From: bhmd1464@altair.selu.edu
- >>Message-ID: <1992Dec30.133342.1273@altair.selu.edu>
- >>
- >> 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)?
- >>
- >>Brian Acosta
- >
- >Mental age * 100 / chronological age is the old forumula.
- >The modern version, especially for adults, is the deviation
- >IQ, computed via the normal distribution (bell curve) from
- >rank in the population.
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- Old or new, useless just the same.
- >
- >There are many IQ tests designed for adults. However, for most people,
- >a reasonable estimate can be made from SAT or GRE scores.
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