Never taken one before, but thought this fit here.
Love learning about statistics and IQ tests while getting down voted haha. Glad Lemmy doesnt track karma.
- thezeesystem ( @thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English3•2 hours ago
Just a friendly reminder, the IQ system is dated and extremely ableist, scoring a anything on a IQ test means nothing on someone intelligence because smarts comes in so much incredibly different ways that no test can be accurate of how smart someone is.
- LWD ( @LWD@lemm.ee ) 8•5 hours ago
Even if we leave aside every problem with IQ measurements to begin with, what does a state average tell us?
- Midnitte ( @Midnitte@beehaw.org ) English2•5 hours ago
Could make inferences about a states laws or educational funding.
- LWD ( @LWD@lemm.ee ) 4•4 hours ago
Maybe, but Idaho has a IQ level >100 and I have no mental stereotypes about that state besides their recent book bannings.
- Midnitte ( @Midnitte@beehaw.org ) English3•3 hours ago
(Perhaps that might be a good indicator on the quality of IQ testing 😉)
- infinitevalence ( @infinitevalence@discuss.online ) English4•4 hours ago
Wow look at the correlation between where low density white populations live and the bias of IQ tests.
- Midnitte ( @Midnitte@beehaw.org ) English10•5 hours ago
Overlaying this with daily lead exposure would be interesting
Edit: Also, I’m not sure I’d place much stock into IQ tests - just like “brain training” it seems more a measure of how well you can take an IQ test, not some magical empirical measure of how intelligent you are.
Need to roll some d20s for that.
- will_a113 ( @will_a113@lemmy.ml ) English11•6 hours ago
Shocked that Florida made it to double digits.
(sent, with love, from Florida)
- deegeese ( @deegeese@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English7•5 hours ago
How sampling error leads to incorrect conclusions, all in one map.
- boredsquirrel ( @boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net ) 6•5 hours ago
Love when the world is just the US again ;)
I’m unironically amazed that Texas is supposedly perfectly average while California is below average. I bet it’s all the Texas engineers offsetting the Texas bigots, while the California techbros offset the California tech geniuses.
(I’m saying this as a Texan)