Re: Economist IQ?

2003-12-15 Thread fabio guillermo rojas
henour > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: Stephen Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Monday, December 15, 2003 10:40 am > > Subject: Economist IQ? > > > > > >>I doubt anyone has hard data on th

Re: Economist IQ?

2003-12-15 Thread Bryan Caplan
10:40 am Subject: Economist IQ? I doubt anyone has hard data on this, but I'm wondering what people on this list would guess is the average IQ of Ph.D. economists? Would it be much different from the average IQ of Ph.D.s in general? -- Prof. Bryan Caplan De

Re: Economist IQ?

2003-12-15 Thread zgocheno
more intelligent than PhDs in many other fields. But probably not all fields, and maybe not even most. - Zac Gochenour [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Stephen Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, December 15, 2003 10:40 am Subject: Economist IQ? > I doubt a

Re: Economist IQ?

2003-12-15 Thread fabio guillermo rojas
At Chicago, econ math GRE's tend to be substantially higher than other social science Ph.D.'s. Verbal scores are comparable to humanities Ph.D.'s. Also remember that econ depts take a lot of asian students, which probably pushes down the verbal GRE score. More generally, any time you require math,

Re: Economist IQ?

2003-12-15 Thread Rodney F Weiher
Why not look at GRE scores (or do they still require GREs?) Rodney Weiher Stephen Miller wrote: > I doubt anyone has hard data on this, but I'm wondering what people on this > list would guess is the average IQ of Ph.D. economists? Would it be much > different from the average IQ of Ph.D.s in g

Economist IQ?

2003-12-15 Thread Stephen Miller
I doubt anyone has hard data on this, but I'm wondering what people on this list would guess is the average IQ of Ph.D. economists? Would it be much different from the average IQ of Ph.D.s in general?