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The evidence I have seen suggests a modestly higher average IQ in East Asian countries, between 104 and 106 whereas European countries can be from 98 to 102. I
by jackcosgrove 10y ago
The evidence I have seen suggests a modestly higher average IQ in East Asian countries, between 104 and 106 whereas European countries can be from 98 to 102. I think cultural factors such as work ethic and valuing education matter more in real life.
- peyton 10y agoGenerally numbers like those coming out of the region are based on underrepresentative samples of high achievers. You may be thinking of Lynn's IQ and Global Inequality.
- zorked 10y agoIs there anyone other than Americans who even believe in IQ? Where I come from talking about IQ will put you in the same category of people who believe in chemtrails.
- peyton 10y agoNot an expert, but there seems to be a preponderance of evidence that IQ has predictive power. It's probably less popular in places with a sordid past of Social Darwinism, such as Germany or plantation societies like the Philippines and other former Spanish colonies.
- Paradigma11 10y agoConsidering IQ is measured as a population statistic with 100 set as the average 104-106 looks "interesting. And no you cant compare populations so easily since most tests are not invariant across populations. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasch_model#Invariant_comparison_and_sufficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasch_model#Invariant_comparis... Basically if you do not have a test in which harder and easier items are also harder and easier in both populations you have nothing to compare.