Never taken one before, but thought this fit here.
Just a friendly reminder, the IQ system is dated and extremely ableist, scoring a anything on a IQ test means nothing on someone intelligence because smarts comes in so much incredibly different ways that no test can be accurate of how smart someone is.
on an individual level, yes, however it can be helpful when comparing large groups
How sampling error leads to incorrect conclusions, all in one map.
Even if we leave aside every problem with IQ measurements to begin with, what does a state average tell us?
Every single state is in the 90-109 range, so it tells us that every state has an Average IQ. If we believe the data.
Which doesn’t really tell us anything, since that is how averages work.
Next, you’re going to tell me that if we plot IQ score changes over time, they won’t rise over 100 on average! /s
Maybe, but Idaho has a IQ level >100 and I have no mental stereotypes about that state besides their recent book bannings.
Shocked that Florida made it to double digits.
(sent, with love, from Florida)
Overlaying this with daily lead exposure would be interesting
Edit: Also, I’m not sure I’d place much stock into IQ tests - just like “brain training” it seems more a measure of how well you can take an IQ test, not some magical empirical measure of how intelligent you are.
Need to roll some d20s for that.
