John Knight wrote:
> "Mark D. Morin" <mdmpsyd at NOSPAMgwi.net> wrote in message
> news:3D2ABBC0.40705 at NOSPAMgwi.net...>>>John Knight wrote:
>>>>>"Mark D. Morin" <mdmpsyd at PETERHOOD69gwi.net> wrote in message
>>>news:3D2A32F8.6026B006 at gwi.net...>>>>>>>>>>John Knight wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Is this true? Is this how the IQs of men and women were
>>>>> "equalized"--by
>>>>>>throwing out 94% of the test?
>>>>>>>>>>No wonder the IQ tests don't correlate with things like GRE scores,
>>>>>>>which DO
>>>>>>>>>>>correlate with brain size http://christianparty.net/grebrainsize.htm>>>>>>>>>>John Knight
>>>>>>>>IQ scores correlate very well with GRE scores. in the order of 0.86 IIRC
>>>>--
>>>>>>>>>Most of the corrlations I've gotten are in the range of 0.6, so it would
>>>really be appreciated if you could provide a reference to the above.
>>>>0.6 is not a low correlation--it explains over one third of the
>>variation in scores. In any other field, an R of this size would be
>>considered robust.
>>>>my resources are at the office, I'll dig them out today.
>>>>> Yes, 0.6 really is good correlation, but when compared to the 0.8795
> correlation between brain size and GRE Quantitative, you have to wonder
> what's missing from "IQ tests".
and there still isn't a reliable source for this statistic.
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