Never taken one before, but thought this fit here.
Love when the world is just the US again ;)
Nothing in the original post mentions the world. It very clearly says by State and is a map of the United States.
This is actually a regional bit of language, specifically the region of the US. The term ‘state’ originally meant (and in some places, still means) an independent and sovereign entity/government. Under the terms of colonial America, each state was truly independent, so the term makes complete sense. Even the original attempt at uniting the colonies (under the Articles of Confederation) maintained that independence.
But that failed and was promptly replaced by the US Constitution, which made the states much more like provinces. They became a piece of the whole, with significant influence from the larger entity. But we kept the term “state” when referring to them.
Wow look at the correlation between where low density white populations live and the bias of IQ tests.
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
Love learning about statistics and IQ tests while getting down voted haha. Glad Lemmy doesnt track karma.
I’m unironically amazed that Texas is supposedly perfectly average while California is below average. I bet it’s all the Texas engineers offsetting the Texas bigots, while the California techbros offset the California tech geniuses.
(I’m saying this as a Texan)
