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IQ tests itself are age relative. The tests already take this into account, that's why your IQ is relative to people in the same age bracket. Basically, when yo
by TheRoque 2y ago
IQ tests itself are age relative. The tests already take this into account, that's why your IQ is relative to people in the same age bracket. Basically, when you say "my IQ is 100", it's means that you are in the 50th percentile of the peers of the same age. It doesn't have any "absolue" value, and it shifts with the years (100 IQ 50 years ago is not the same as 100 IQ now)
- eru 2y agoYes, though details depend on the exact test and how it's normalised.
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- wslh 2y agoThe core problem is if IQ tests are context sensitive. IQ tests are relatively new in human history so we don't know how do they operate (without much changes) in a 400 year timespan.
- scotty79 2y agoNobody asks you for your age when you are doing IQ test before giving you your result. Originally IQ was defined as "mental age" divided by actual age and it was for testing development of children. The actual age was capped at 16. So it was expected for any person 16 and over to have the same result in the test to have the same IQ.