Joseph Bronski has hypothesized that insufficient intelligence prevents individuals from having political agency, that is, the ability to recognize and advocate for better political policies. Based on information he was able to gather, he has determined that roughly 70-95% of the population lacks political agency solely due to deficiencies in intelligence. This is inferred from the general population’s poor performance on tests of reading and mathematics -
More generally, there is no minimal IQ for anything because nothing works as an item with a g loading of 1 (vertical slope). Nevertheless we sometimes put semi arbitrary thresholds for certain decision knowing these to be imperfect but useful (eg military recruits).
More generally, there is no minimal IQ for anything because nothing works as an item with a g loading of 1 (vertical slope). Nevertheless we sometimes put semi arbitrary thresholds for certain decision knowing these to be imperfect but useful (eg military recruits).
From which dataset is the 85th percentile 1100 vs 1230?
NLSY97 - 85th percentile is 1230 (tested in 1997-2002 or so)
NLSY79 - 85th percentile is 1100 (tested in 1977-1983 or so)
The SAT obviously changes a lot every few years so is there still data showing that the modern SAT still correlates with IQ?
No, unfortunately. Correlation is probably a little lower due to the higher ceiling.
I mean lower ceiling, but w/e