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Probably because IQ is based on 100=average, so if the average moves down and you stay constant, yours would move up.
by sva_ 3y ago
Probably because IQ is based on 100=average, so if the average moves down and you stay constant, yours would move up.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoMedian
- meowface 3y agoFor IQ, the average is also the median.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoThat’s the idealized outcome but the shape of actual populations doesn’t yield a perfect normal distribution. But you’re right the 100 IQ centering assumes a perfect normal distribution, so as such it is intended to both be calibrated to the average and the median.