Thoughts from a jumbled mind: Not surprising

Not surprising

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Richard Schwartz said...: Yeah, but not substantiated either. States are not randomly selected populations, so even though they are large populations it is reasonable that there will be some variance from the mean of 100 IQ. But a difference of 28 points, which is almost two standard deviations, between the top and bottom states, is too much to believe. I'd believe it a lot more if the spread were narrower. And in fact, here's an actual scholarly paper that shows a much narrower spread: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~mamcdani/Publications/McDaniel%20(2006)%20Estimating%20state%20IQ.pdf; 4:15 PM
Anonymous said...: Rich,
Your just upset cause your state didn't make it in the top 10.; 2:22 PM
Richard Schwartz said...: To Anonymous: I think you must live in one of the bottom 10 states. Why else would you think that New Hampshire, at #8, is not in the Top 10?

And we're #2 in the study I linked.

;-) ;-) ;-); 7:42 PM

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