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The 1981 article "Average IQ values in various European countries" by Vinko Buj is the only international IQ study that over a short time period has compared IQs using the same IQ test. Rindermann (2007) states that it is of dubious quality with scant information regarding how it was done. [3] [4]
One's intelligence quotient, or IQ, is regarded by many as being a measure of a person's level of intelligence. A recent study out of the University of Vienna shows that those scores, which are ...
Christopher Michael Langan (born March 25, 1952) is an American horse rancher and former bar bouncer, known for scoring highly on an IQ test that gained him entry to a high IQ society, and for being formerly listed in the Guinness Book of Records high IQ section under the pseudonym of Eric Hart, alongside Marilyn vos Savant and Keith Raniere.
The IQ figures are based on 3 different studies for 17 nations, two studies for 30 nations, and one study for 34 nations. There were actual tests for IQ in the case of 81 countries out of the 185 countries studied. For 104 nations there were no IQ studies at all and IQ was estimated based on the average IQ of surrounding nations. [2]
Isla McNabb became Mensa's youngest female member last year at just 2 years old. Her parents recently explained why they got her tested for the group.
The World Press Freedom Index 2016: Reporters Without Borders ranked Thailand 136 of 180 (1=best, 180=worst) countries. ASEAN as a whole ranked poorly, with Cambodia the best at 128 and Vietnam the worst at 175. [186] The World Press Freedom Index 2015: Reporters Without Borders ranked Thailand 134 of 180 (1=best, 180=worst) countries [187]
Like all current IQ tests, the Wechsler tests report a "deviation IQ" as the standard score for the full-scale IQ, with the norming sample mean raw score defined as IQ 100 and a score one standard deviation higher defined as IQ 115 (and one deviation lower defined as IQ 85). During the First World War in 1917, adult intelligence testing gained ...
African American IQ scores have long averaged about 15 points below those of Whites, with correspondingly lower scores on academic achievement tests. In recent years the achievement-test gap has narrowed appreciably. It is possible that the IQ-score differential is narrowing as well, but this has not been clearly established.