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While this is a neat surface level study, there's a few issues I see with it. >No separation of Full Intellectual Assessment or another re-test, simply self re
by johngrefe 7y ago
While this is a neat surface level study, there's a few issues I see with it.
>No separation of Full Intellectual Assessment or another re-test, simply self reporting the averaged figure. We lack resolution in results.(ex: were people with high verbal IQ more prone to schizophrenia?)
>Subjects were those concerned with their own mental status. All respondents were MENSA members. While I could test into MENSA, I simply don't care. I have a friend who is in MENSA, they are quite proud of this over dinner conversation, but they are also quite neurotic. This observation is anecdotal, but I'd think you're going to get more people who live a lot of time "in their heads" in MENSA. I would love to have another control group to compare results over.
>They understand that self reporting is ripe for error. An online survey is difficult to accurately administer, people will misrepresent things about them, especially if they think it is a reflection of their own personal value.
It's neat, but I don't think it's reliable enough to make any declarative statements about a linear progression of IQ and health disorders.