No, it would. Simulate it at a threshold like 1600 scores. The steeper increase in that part of the range yields the same phenomenon as normals. > (Also, intel

No, it would. Simulate it at a threshold like 1600 scores. The steeper increase in that part of the range yields the same phenomenon as normals. > (Also, intelligence/aptitude/performance scales like IQ, SAT, or ASVAB scores are arbitrarily numbered, so I'm don't know what a "fat tail" means in that respect. Maybe there's a standard definition that isn't completely arbitrary.) Er, you can look at plenty of cardinal-scaled things like vocabulary or digit span. Doesn't change the non-normality at the tails.