Men more intelligent than women?

Haarewin · Post by **Haarewin** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:20 pm

100 is average gandelf. you are above average.

Post by **Xest** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:52 pm

Haarewin wrote:100 is average gandelf. you are above average.

Makes you worry what below average is like then if Gandelf is above it

<ankh> · Post by **<ankh>** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:54 pm

Haarewin wrote:100 is average gandelf. you are above average.

100? I thought it was 120

/Ankh

Haarewin · Post by **Haarewin** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:08 pm

<ankh> wrote:100? I thought it was 120

/Ankh

no. IQ is based on a normal distribution curve where the average is 100.

Gandelf · Post by **Gandelf** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:09 pm

Haarewin wrote:100 is average gandelf. you are above average.

Still doesn't really mean anything to me though, as 100 is just a number. If my IQ of 138 is above average, then does that equate to a certain class of profession or something? I mean, does 138 mean I'm on a par with a teacher, or bank clerk or something?

<ankh> · Post by **<ankh>** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:10 pm

Haarewin wrote:no. IQ is based on a normal distribution curve where the average is 100.

Ahh..hehe you know, all my life ive had some odd idea that it was 120! lol

/Ankh

Quinlan · Post by **Quinlan** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:30 pm

Gandelf wrote:Still doesn't really mean anything to me though, as 100 is just a number. If my IQ of 138 is above average, then does that equate to a certain class of profession or something? I mean, does 138 mean I'm on a par with a teacher, or bank clerk or something?

It only shows how you did in that specific test compared to others. There is alot more involved in being a good teacher, bank clerk or whatever then just this number

Post by **Xest** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:21 am

TBH having worked extensively with teachers in the past I'd say an IQ of around 20 is good enough for that

Kallima · Post by **Kallima** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:07 pm

Gandelf wrote:If my IQ of 138 is above average, then does that equate to a certain class of profession or something? I mean, does 138 mean I'm on a par with a teacher, or bank clerk or something?

138 means different things on different tests, the distributions may centre around 100 but the spread varies a lot. I think Mensa uses Cattell III. All it really means is how good you are at doing IQ tests so I'd forget about it really. Dustmen, truck drivers, and members of similar not necessarily academic professions have joined Mensa.

Post by **Xest** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:32 pm

If someone has a crappy profession it doesn't mean IQ is a bad measure of their intelligence, they could be very intelligent just extremely lazy and unmotivated in terms of bothering to get a better job.