Re: Is IQ usefully predictive? (not in one case)

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sat Aug 25 2001 - 09:41:20 MDT


"J. R. Molloy" wrote:
>
> From: "Harvey Newstrom" <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
> > problem with IQ tests is that taking the same test repeatedly gives
> > radically different scores from day to day. The tests don't even predict
> > future scores within a 10% error of margin. If anyone wants to pass an IQ
> > test, just try again or try a different one.
>
> Well, "radically" different scores is a bit of an overstatement. But you're
> right, persistence is an important part of IQ, and those who persist in trying
> to solve a problem (an important element of intelligence), are more likely to
> succeed.

Yes, the lowest I've ever scored on an IQ test of any sort as an adult
was a 134 on a recently designed test that purported to test 7 different
'intelligences', which seemed to include some of the so called 'social'
intelligence and other abilities. The one that my elementary school
counselor claimed I scored a 125 on was a Stanford-Binet test.



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