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The average IQ of a prisoner is 90-95 which is a long way from 100.
by cjbgkagh 6mo ago
The average IQ of a prisoner is 90-95 which is a long way from 100.
- Enginerrrd 6mo agoPrison IQ is a very different distribution. As I recall, the top 2% IQ of the general population makes up something like 20% of the prison population. You also have quite a few at the other end. The gifted are more over represented in prison then black males, however, most of those gifted are themselves minorities.
- cjbgkagh 6mo agoI’ll have to see some evidence on that, in my search it’s basically a normal bell curve shifted 8 pts down. The idea that 130+ IQ individuals make up 1/5th of the prison population does not pass the sniff test, that would be a crazy statistical aberration. In my search I found reports that 130+ IQ individuals only represent less than 0.4% of the prison population.
- LAC-Tech 6mo agoIs the average IQ of the US still 100?
- cjbgkagh 6mo agoRoughly yes, it is declining. The Flynn effect was just smart people having kids later which has now normalized and reversed (with smart people having fewer kids).
- throwawaymobule 6mo agoIsn't it always 100, by definition?
- LAC-Tech 6mo agoI dont think IQ is based on american adults.
- throwawaymobule 6mo agoIt's based on whatever population you're testing, IIRC.
- red-iron-pine 6mo agoisn't the point that 100 is roughly the average? or 100 at the year they made the test, anyway.