is/her credentials as a statistician. > > Remember --> There are lies; damned lies; and then, there are > statistics. > > The site I provided (http://www.sq.4mg.com/IQstates.htm) has > a link to more reasonable numbers. There are numbers that > are based around elementary school testing (reading and math) > and sets based around SAT/ACT data. The results really > aren't that compelling. Bush states come in with an average > of 99, Kerry states with an average of 101. An interesting > fact of note -- southern states, with larger minority groups, > typically have lower IQ averages and typically vote Democrat. > Even they did not vote for Kerry. > For that matter, Edwards' home state didn't fall in line with > the ticket. > Of course, the losing side is just claiming foul play -- > disenfranchisement, challengers, lost ballots, hanging chads, > and so forth. The Democrats also lost further control of > congress and other political seats -- even Daschle was > unseated. In the end, the Democrats just went with the wrong > candidate; had they gone with Dean, Bush would not be getting > a second term. > > Kerry States: > > District of Columbia 95 > Delaware 99 > Hawaii 99 > California 100 > Maine 100 > New Jersey 100 > Pennsylvania 100 > Rhode Island 100 > Maryland 101 > Michigan 101 > New York 101 > Connecticut 102 > Illinois 102 > Minnesota 102 > Washington 102 > Oregon 103 > New Hampshire 104 > Vermont 102 > Massachusetts 103 > Wisconsin 103 > > Bush States: > > Mississippi 94 > South Carolina 94 > New Mexico 96 > Alabama 97 > Georgia 97 > Kentucky 97 > Louisiana 97 > North Carolina 97 > Tennessee 97 > Texas 97 > Florida 98 > Arkansas 98 > Indiana 99 > Arizona 100 > Idaho 100 > Nevada 100 > South Dakota 100 > Virginia 100 > West Virginia 100 > Alaska 101 > Missouri 101 > Ohio 101 > Utah 101 > Wyoming 101 > Colorado 102 > Iowa 102 > Kansas 102 > Montana 102 > Nebraska 102 > North Dakota 102 > Oklahoma 102 >
Maybe levels of education would be more meaningful, since the difference here in IQ points predicts nothing about potential intelligence. Do you have stats on education levels attained handy? Regards, Dan V _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
