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- Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!ns.draper.com!newsgate
- From: skh4161@mvs.draper.com (Kjeld Hvatum)
- Subject: Re: IQ Test?
- Message-ID: <01GSYQL16NKIADC2N8@ccfvx3.draper.com>
- Sender: mmdf@ns.draper.com (MMDF Master)
- Organization: Draper Laboratory
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 06:50:00 GMT
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- >From: "gilbert.m.stewart" <gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- >Message-ID: <1992Dec31.003524.8767@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- >
- >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)?
- >
- >...
- >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."
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- Good answer. Yes, IQ, as defined by any one of a number of different IQ
- tests, can be determined to within a few points (age isn't a problem),
- just as your SAT verbal level can be determined to within about 30
- points.
-
- Relating IQ to intelligence is an entirely different discussion,
- as is relating SAT verbal scores to academic ability.
-