Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihuxq!ken From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: IQ Statistics, Anyone? - (nf) Message-ID: <1231@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 18:39:47 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxq.1231 Posted: Tue Sep 25 18:39:47 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Sep-84 03:50:20 EDT References: <217@iham1.UUCP>, <10600172@uiucdcs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 22 -- >> 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. The index "IQ" was invented and scaled to meet exactly those two criteria. Whether this index is correlated with any real phenomenon is, of course, another matter. For those of you unfamiliar with statistics, mean=100 and sd=15 imply that approximately 95% of the population is expected to score between 70 and 130. A sobering thought. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 25 Sep 84 [4 Vendemiaire An CXCIII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7188 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***