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Wealth does correlate with intelligence: http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-covariance-between-cognitive-ability-and-income http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cova

Wealth does correlate with intelligence: http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-covariance-between-cognitive-ability-and-income http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-covariance-between-cognitiv... The phrase "does not necessarily correlate" needs some unpacking. I think anyone would agree that for N=2 that's true, but for higher numbers it would indicate sample error.

jquery 15y ago
From your own link: "Since the statistical results are not distinguishable from zero, this suggests IQ test scores and net worth are not connected." (em. added)
- FaceKicker 15y ago
  That's a common misinterpretation of the results of statistical tests. You can never conclude from that type of test that two things are not correlated, you can only conclude that the data you have does not suggest a correlation ("fail to reject the null hypothesis").