I know that if you apply for Mensa membership (in the UK at least) there are actually two tests you take, one of which is non-cultural - this one I think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattell_Culture_Fair_III
On 10/30/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Larry wrote: > > No what I am saying is that that sort of experiment is illegal and > unethical. > > Wouldn't it be fairly easy to come up, say, an international 4 part > intelligence test: > > 1.) Quantitative > 2.) Arts > 3.) Emotional > 4.) verbal/reading > > The whole thing could use symbols rather than language and neutral > sounds. You could then administer it to a random sampling of children > in every country world wide and look at the results. > > If you also gathered demographic data on the subjects you could > probably make all kinds of associations. For example, children born to > malnourished mothers did worse than children born to healthy mothers > would seem to make sense. > > Why would any of this be unethical or illegal? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245497 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
