https://thetab.com/us/2017/04/10/which-major-has-highest-iq-64811
EE Students have an average IQ of 125. This is an open forum, and some non-EE people are joining, who are still very talented and intelligent, dont get me wrong.
Also, very intelligent people dont have the time to hang around here, because they are busy doing stuff.
And the less talented people are usually dont post on forums, because they are usually busy banging rocks together or ru(i)nning countries.
And when people talk about 130+ IQs, I usually laugh. Standard IQ test are not capable predicting IQ in the 130+ or the 70- region, because it has way too few questions and the accuracy is very small in that region, due to the small amount of test takers landing there. Anyone with high IQ understands that.
So, next time say somewhere in the 130-140 region, not 135.
Also, average IQ is NOT 100. In the 1920s when the tests were standardized in the UK, France and USA, they set up scores so the test takers would score around 100. Today the average word IQ is around 91 and it has much more to do with poverty and childhood diseases, than continent or racial group.
I think this one is above 100 due to the fact that the subject matter acts a filter. If you want to see some just mind bogglingly stupid people watch some of the videos people have made on bitcoins and bitconnect and read the comments. Same is true with some political sites by the usual suspects. I find the crypto videos fascinating because they tell you everything not to do and give you a feel for who is buying your crypto when you sell at insane prices. There is this one youtuber that says in a uneducated accent "I'm not a dumbass." And I laughed so hard because he really believes that, it was a textbook example of the "dunning-kruger(sp?)" effect: too stupid to realize you are stupid. By the way that guy doesn't make videos anymore because if he did what he said he was going to he has lost most if not all of his money by now and too proud to admit it. There was no excuse because almost all the comments told him not to do this and yet he called them stupid.
It would be cool if we could post an anonymous IQ test that gave you an average.
So what the IQ measures except the proficiency in IQ-test.
So what the IQ measures except the proficiency in IQ-test.It might not be extremely accurate estimate of capabilities in certain area but it sure exposes dumbasses you would not ever want to hire. <80 IQ means that one cannot be teached to do even simplest jobs. Such person will have issues to learn folding a sheet of paper, not to say incapable working at McDonalds.
The average IQ will be around 100. Take any reasonably large group, even one with an intellectual skill at its core, and the average will still be around 100.
So what the IQ measures except the proficiency in IQ-test.
https://thetab.com/us/2017/04/10/which-major-has-highest-iq-64811
EE Students have an average IQ of 125. This is an open forum, and some non-EE people are joining, who are still very talented and intelligent, dont get me wrong.
Also, very intelligent people dont have the time to hang around here, because they are busy doing stuff.
And the less talented people are usually dont post on forums, because they are usually busy banging rocks together or ru(i)nning countries.
And when people talk about 130+ IQs, I usually laugh. Standard IQ test are not capable predicting IQ in the 130+ or the 70- region, because it has way too few questions and the accuracy is very small in that region, due to the small amount of test takers landing there. Anyone with high IQ understands that.
So, next time say somewhere in the 130-140 region, not 135.
Also, average IQ is NOT 100. In the 1920s when the tests were standardized in the UK, France and USA, they set up scores so the test takers would score around 100. Today the average word IQ is around 91 and it has much more to do with poverty and childhood diseases, than continent or racial group.
The average IQ will be around 100. Take any reasonably large group, even one with an intellectual skill at its core, and the average will still be around 100.
Not if there is a selection bias in operation. For instance, the average IQ of university students is often quoted as something in the range 120-130. The group 'university students' is large, much larger than the group 'EEVBlog members', and by your thesis ought to come out at an IQ of 100, but does not because there is a selection bias inherent in 'university students'.
Also, average IQ is NOT 100. In the 1920s when the tests were standardized in the UK, France and USA, they set up scores so the test takers would score around 100. Today the average word IQ is around 91 and it has much more to do with poverty and childhood diseases, than continent or racial group.
My understanding is that IQ scores have been increasing with time, not decreasing - the exact opposite of what you claim. It's well enough documented that it has a name the Flynn effect.
Also, average IQ is NOT 100. In the 1920s when the tests were standardized in the UK, France and USA, they set up scores so the test takers would score around 100. Today the average word IQ is around 91 and it has much more to do with poverty and childhood diseases, than continent or racial group.
My understanding is that IQ scores have been increasing with time, not decreasing - the exact opposite of what you claim. It's well enough documented that it has a name the Flynn effect.I think those with a reasonable IQ would see no internal conflict in what NANDBlog said there. Hint: He said 100 in 1920 for one population group, and 91 now for another.
I think this one is above 100 due to the fact that the subject matter acts a filter. If you want to see some just mind bogglingly stupid people watch some of the videos people have made on bitcoins and bitconnect and read the comments. Same is true with some political sites by the usual suspects. I find the crypto videos fascinating because they tell you everything not to do and give you a feel for who is buying your crypto when you sell at insane prices. There is this one youtuber that says in a uneducated accent "I'm not a dumbass." And I laughed so hard because he really believes that, it was a textbook example of the "dunning-kruger(sp?)" effect: too stupid to realize you are stupid. By the way that guy doesn't make videos anymore because if he did what he said he was going to he has lost most if not all of his money by now and too proud to admit it. There was no excuse because almost all the comments told him not to do this and yet he called them stupid.
It would be cool if we could post an anonymous IQ test that gave you an average.I suppose you do realise that at least a part of the explanation for the Dunning-Kruger effect is people mistaking anecdotes for patterns of behaviour?
https://thetab.com/us/2017/04/10/which-major-has-highest-iq-64811
EE Students have an average IQ of 125. This is an open forum, and some non-EE people are joining, who are still very talented and intelligent, dont get me wrong.
Also, very intelligent people dont have the time to hang around here, because they are busy doing stuff.
And the less talented people are usually dont post on forums, because they are usually busy banging rocks together or ru(i)nning countries.
And when people talk about 130+ IQs, I usually laugh. Standard IQ test are not capable predicting IQ in the 130+ or the 70- region, because it has way too few questions and the accuracy is very small in that region, due to the small amount of test takers landing there. Anyone with high IQ understands that.
So, next time say somewhere in the 130-140 region, not 135.
Actually the standard IQ tests are calibrated* out to 4 standard deviations. For Wechsler the standard deviation is 15, for Stanford-Binet it is 16. Those are the two most commonly used standard tests. So scores of 135 are well defined in both scales (Wechsler + 2.33 SD, Stanford-Binet +2.19 SD, both equating roughly to the 99%ile).Also, average IQ is NOT 100. In the 1920s when the tests were standardized in the UK, France and USA, they set up scores so the test takers would score around 100. Today the average word IQ is around 91 and it has much more to do with poverty and childhood diseases, than continent or racial group.
My understanding is that IQ scores have been increasing with time, not decreasing - the exact opposite of what you claim. It's well enough documented that it has a name the Flynn effect.
*I do mean calibrated. The tests are given to a large population and then the scores are normalized so that the median score is equated with an IQ of 100 and the spread fits a normal distribution with the design SD of the IQ scale in question.
There is this one youtuber that says in a uneducated accent "I'm not a dumbass."
https://thetab.com/us/2017/04/10/which-major-has-highest-iq-64811
EE Students have an average IQ of 125. This is an open forum, and some non-EE people are joining, who are still very talented and intelligent, dont get me wrong.
Also, very intelligent people dont have the time to hang around here, because they are busy doing stuff.
And the less talented people are usually dont post on forums, because they are usually busy banging rocks together or ru(i)nning countries.
And when people talk about 130+ IQs, I usually laugh. Standard IQ test are not capable predicting IQ in the 130+ or the 70- region, because it has way too few questions and the accuracy is very small in that region, due to the small amount of test takers landing there. Anyone with high IQ understands that.
So, next time say somewhere in the 130-140 region, not 135.
Also, average IQ is NOT 100. In the 1920s when the tests were standardized in the UK, France and USA, they set up scores so the test takers would score around 100. Today the average word IQ is around 91 and it has much more to do with poverty and childhood diseases, than continent or racial group.
The average IQ will be around 100. Take any reasonably large group, even one with an intellectual skill at its core, and the average will still be around 100.
Not if there is a selection bias in operation. For instance, the average IQ of university students is often quoted as something in the range 120-130. The group 'university students' is large, much larger than the group 'EEVBlog members', and by your thesis ought to come out at an IQ of 100, but does not because there is a selection bias inherent in 'university students'.I poorly worded what I said. A hard selection will bias the average IQ. 120-130 for university students seemly optimistically high, in an age when so many go to university. I suspect that is a historical figure. It should be well above 100, though.
EEVblog membership has not particular IQ bias for its membership. It is selected by area of interest, and electronics interests people across a wide IQ spectrum.
Meanwhile millions of people are born and raised, who spend their childhood playing with sticks in the dirt, and having food every other day. If only we could do something about it...
Yes, there are tests designed to work for high deviation from normal. The test at Mensa for example would be good to measure in the 100-150 region. The typical 20-30 question test is good for the 70-130 region. Simply because having a brainfart during answering a question would place you 5 points below your actual. Therfore if you only did a simple test, which gives you a 135 point, you could be anywhere between 130 and 170.