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My point was that the correlation between SAT and IQ is not perfect; I said nothing about its usefulness for college admissions. You also imply that there is a
by arohner 17y ago
My point was that the correlation between SAT and IQ is not perfect; I said nothing about its usefulness for college admissions.
You also imply that there is a single 'motivation' scale. There isn't. I am highly motivated at my startup and many other things. I'm highly unmotivated at answering the same math problem for the third time with different numbers.
- berntb 17y agoThe psychologists seem quite certain of their "g" factor, so I assume it exists, but I doubt anyone has ever argued that an intelligence test didn't have statistical errors. Just consider how differently teenagers mature and how that might affect their learning. Lots of them do sports instead of reading. A friend of mine never studied in school because she had an unknown eye problem; new glasses at 30 and she could read effortlessly. Some are depressed or suffer unknowingly from a disease. Etc. Edit: As noted, I should have written "any researcher in the subject" instead of "anyone" in the first sentence. :-)
- tokenadult 17y agoI doubt anyone has ever argued that an intelligence test didn't have statistical errors. Certainly no professional psychologist would claim that IQ tests have no error of estimation. http://learninfreedom.org/iqbooks.html http://learninfreedom.org/iqbooks.html