>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/23/2004 11:20:21 AM >>> <<< Important questions: what does an [adult] IQ of 200 mean? Is there any reason to suppose that the scale is interval? And how does somebody with an IQ of (say) 130 develop a test for it? >>>
One can develop tests that are harder than one could do oneself; many sorts of problems lend themselves to being made more complex. But I agree that there are problems with what such scores would mean, and whether they are interval in any sensible way.....In my opinion, 'intelligence' is not nearly well enough defined for us to be able to say that the difference between an IQ of 100 and 120 is the same as that between 80 and 120 - even leaving aside the problems of extreme scores. Peter Peter L. Flom, PhD Assistant Director, Statistics and Data Analysis Core Center for Drug Use and HIV Research National Development and Research Institutes 71 W. 23rd St www.peterflom.com New York, NY 10010 (212) 845-4485 (voice) (917) 438-0894 (fax) . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
