> At 11:42 AM 12/06/99 -0700, spike spikulated:
>>One's l.q. is the average of your parents' l.q
>>assuming natural causes, otherwise one's
and Damien Broderick added
> Well, there's regression to the mean
Correct. Regression to the mean of your parent's group. Same thing for IQ
(well, for any sample in fact).
> ...
> stochastic impact of disease, all that.
Jokingly - how do you factor in stochastic phenomena?
tim