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I don't think so Posted by wizeGurl on 2004-11-07 01:39:32 | Although I agree wholeheartedly with the underlying sentiment, this is ridiculous.
Why? Because there's no way to get a valid average IQ score for a whole state. IQ scores are generally private, and even if they were collected, they would only be valid if they were from a truly random sample. And since IQ tests are not given randomly anywhere that I know of, you can't get a valid average score.
Finally, where exactly do these scores come from? At least if there were a link to the source of the scores, you could see how they were supposedly calculated. You could if they were done in any sort of scientifically valid way, anyway. But that is highly unlikely. |
I.Q Posted by Anonymous on 2004-11-07 12:28:31 | Considering that the illiteracy rate in America is about 30-40% it is not surprising that Bush won regardless of I.Q. |
Posted by Anonymous on 2004-11-09 00:18:47 | Can you disagree with the general statistics though by state? It seems to make sense. CN and MA being states with a smarter average I.Q. and MS and UT being on the lower end? Is anybody surprised? What exactly are you contesting? That Mississippi is a state full of intellectuals? |
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