Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site azure.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!tektronix!teklds!azure!billp From: billp@azure.UUCP (Bill Pfeifer) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: IQ Statistics, Anyone? Message-ID: <61@azure.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 12:07:00 EDT Article-I.D.: azure.61 Posted: Thu Sep 27 12:07:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 03:33:00 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 20 -------- > I know what an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is, but I don't know the > distribution of IQs through the general population (besides, of course, > one per person :-)). I assume the mean IQ is 100, but what is the > standard deviation? > -- Carl Deitrick (iham1!cbd) That depends on the test which is used to measure the IQ. Although the tests are centered at 100, the standard deviation varies. MENSA obviously has done a lot of research on IQs, and here are some of their data: Test Std. Dev. Admission Score for MENSA Revised Binet 15.8 133 Cattell 23.7 148 Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 15.0 130 California Test of Mental Maturity 16.0 132 Bill Pfeifer {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4,allegra,uw-beaver,hplabs} !tektronix!tekmdp!billp