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**pseusawbappem** · 02-15-2010, 06:50 PM

You really want to dissect it?

IQ tests aren't a particularly good measure of anything other than the ability to do such tests.

is obviously a subjective judgment (what counts as "particularly good"?), but given that IQ is one of the best available predictors of things like income, I'd say it's false.

The more practice of the tests or questions asking similar questions, the better you're going to do.

Is true, but not particularly relevant.

They aren't a test of raw ability.

This last bit is completely false - IQ scores are among the best predictors of all kinds of intellectual ability.

There's a world of difference between the claim "IQ scores are not a perfect predictor of intelligence" (true, but uninformative; nothing is) and "IQ scores are not a useful predictor of intelligence" (false, and what kittenOfChaos is claiming).

02-15-2010, 06:50 PM	#7
pseusawbappem Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 472 Senior Member	You really want to dissect it? IQ tests aren't a particularly good measure of anything other than the ability to do such tests. is obviously a subjective judgment (what counts as "particularly good"?), but given that IQ is one of the best available predictors of things like income, I'd say it's false. The more practice of the tests or questions asking similar questions, the better you're going to do. Is true, but not particularly relevant. They aren't a test of raw ability. This last bit is completely false - IQ scores are among the best predictors of all kinds of intellectual ability. There's a world of difference between the claim "IQ scores are not a perfect predictor of intelligence" (true, but uninformative; nothing is) and "IQ scores are not a useful predictor of intelligence" (false, and what kittenOfChaos is claiming).
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