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By definition, IQ averages 100 across a population. What you are talking about is how people respond to IQ testing which is inherently culturally biased.
by rswail 7y ago
By definition, IQ averages 100 across a population. What you are talking about is how people respond to IQ testing which is inherently culturally biased.
- yorwba 7y agoFor any particular IQ test, there can only be one population for which it is perfectly calibrated to yield an average of 100. Other populations e.g. in different countries will have different averages. And of course the whole point of IQ tests is to be culturally biased, since it's about performing well on a particular set of tasks at the exclusion of others. If the illiterate farmer wanted to find out how smart someone is, they'd probably use completely different criteria.