IQ distribution.

[Tim Epstein]

> : What worries me about the probability and statistics
> is, when you consider how dumb the average man on the street is, then you
> have to consider that by definition, 50% of people are more stupid than
> him...

> Not necessarily. Suppose there are 1000 men on the
> street. 200 have an IQ of 65, 100 of 100, and 700 of 110. Then only 30%
> are more stupid than (or as stupid as) the average man.

Hmm.. Let's see. Without wishing to get into the arguments about the validity
of IQ tests, IQ distribution fits into a nice standard distribution curve, so
your assumption that
intelligence can be randomly distributed is false.

For someone with an IQ of exactly 100, significantly less than 50% of
people are more or less intelligent, as it is at this point that the most
people will be of the same intelligence.

You also have to define "average". If you take the mode then you might have
some grounds to debate on. However, in terms of IQ, between 90 and 110 (approx
one standard deviation) has been arbitrarily defined as "average"

Also, if I take your comment about person on the street
(lets' not use sexist language) literally, then sadly to say, not many of those
people with an IQ of 65 would be on the street. So if you were to take a survey
of 1000 people "on the street", you would find the average IQ to be slightly
higher than 100.

Regards,
Tim

* Origin: Ghost of Sunrise (3:635/526.2)

[Chris Long]

In article <73564106...@csource.oz.au>, Tim Epstein writes:

> Also, if I take your comment about person on the street
> (lets' not use sexist language) literally, then sadly to say, not
> many of those people with an IQ of 65 would be on the street. So if
> you were to take a survey of 1000 people "on the street", you would
> find the average IQ to be slightly higher than 100.

Considering the unfortunate fact that many of the homeless in the US
(who are on the street almost all the time) are mentally ill, I'm not
so sure if that would be true here. I guess it depends at what time
you do your survey. Noon? Midnight?
--
Chris Long, 265 Old York Rd., Bridgewater, NJ 08807-2618

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[Jason Cohen]

This article was probably generated by a buggy news reader.

[Tom Gray]

In article <Apr.24.07.18....@remus.rutgers.edu> cl...@remus.rutgers.edu (Chris Long) writes:
>In article <73564106...@csource.oz.au>, Tim Epstein writes:
>
>> Also, if I take your comment about person on the street
>> (lets' not use sexist language) literally, then sadly to say, not
>> many of those people with an IQ of 65 would be on the street. So if
>> you were to take a survey of 1000 people "on the street", you would
>> find the average IQ to be slightly higher than 100.
>
>Considering the unfortunate fact that many of the homeless in the US
>(who are on the street almost all the time) are mentally ill, I'm not
>so sure if that would be true here. I guess it depends at what time
>you do your survey. Noon? Midnight?

There is no correlation between mental illness and intelligence.
I just thought it would be appropriate to stifle this stereotype
before it went any further.
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