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...standardized tests are terrible proxies for iq
by mlevental 7y ago
...standardized tests are terrible proxies for iq
- thaumasiotes 7y agoWhy would you say this? Assessing IQ is the entire purpose of standardized tests, and unsurprisingly it's something they do well.
- mlevental 7y agobecause you can prepare for them.
- saagarjha 7y agoCan you not prepare for an IQ test?
- losvedir 7y agoOnly to some extent. I've tutored for the SAT and seen some improvement, but you can't get people to perfect scores. I got a perfect score with a bit of practice. Khan academy and the college board say your score can improve on average 115 pts with study, which is not nothing, but is still a long way from 1600 when the average score is ~1000. So when someone says that people treat SAT scores as a proxy for an IQ test, they mean someone with a 1550 likely has a well-above average IQ, and a higher one than someone who got a 1250, who's still probably somewhat above average. [0] https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/post/160451329150/studying-for-the-sat-for-20-hours-on-khan-academy https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/post/160451329150/stu...