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From: gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch)
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Subject: Re: IQ Statistics, Anyone? - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 15:05:12 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 28 15:05:12 1984
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>> >> IQ scores are normally distributed.  The mean score is 100.
>> >> The standard distribution is right around 17.
>> >> Scott Renner

>> 1 out of 2.  The mean is 100.  The other statistic is the
>> standard deviation, and it's 15.
>> ken perlow

Both right/both wrong.  Various tests have different standard
deviations, usually around 15 to 17, but there are some funny
ones too - I mean ones with SD's like 12 (sorry, I don't remember
specifics; there is a problem with my IQ).
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Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino)