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15-06-2020, 03:52 PM
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When it comes to IQ levels, averages don't matter when people like Solasch have to keep telling us how intelligent they are

It kind of gives the game away
He does sort of do that continually
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15-06-2020, 06:28 PM
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Re: Tory distractions to hard Brexit

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics - that well known old chestnut.

Nothing can be really gained by just quoting an average. An average, as Glanny said is rather meaningless without describing the variations (the standard deviations, usually ±3SD) around the mean. This only works for a standard distribution of data points, but what if the IQ test results are not standard distributions but one that has a long tail on one side and a short, but heavy-weight bump on the other side of the mean? In that case, Solasch's proclamation of "Have you considered the meaning of "average" in mathematics and statistics? Like the average IQ of...." really is pointless because one is quoting an "average" or a "mean" in isolation. It has to be qualified by it's position in the data distribution and the variance around it.
Son, you're asking, "if, no normal distribution etc". Of course the distribution of scores is checked. Whether a score of 98 differs from 102 is dependent on many variables, among others, the sample size.
If the samples are small enough, the difference in IQ between english and zulu's is statistically non-significant.
Educate, educate: https://www.healthline.com/health/average-iq
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15-06-2020, 08:01 PM
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Re: Tory distractions to hard Brexit

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Son, you're asking, "if, no normal distribution etc". Of course the distribution of scores is checked. Whether a score of 98 differs from 102 is dependent on many variables, among others, the sample size.
If the samples are small enough, the difference in IQ between english and zulu's is statistically non-significant.
Educate, educate: https://www.healthline.com/health/average-iq


A tad racist methinks ....
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15-06-2020, 08:41 PM
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Re: Tory distractions to hard Brexit

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A tad racist methinks ....
Only if you think the english are less intelligent than the zulu's. Tell me, do you?
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16-06-2020, 03:46 PM
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Re: Tory distractions to hard Brexit

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Only if you think the english are less intelligent than the zulu's. Tell me, do you?
I notice you didn't compare us English to the contributors from your homeland Solasch.
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16-06-2020, 03:53 PM
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Re: Tory distractions to hard Brexit

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I notice you didn't compare us English to the contributors from your homeland Solasch.
My homeland (the netherlands) has an average of 100. Same as the UK. I tend to agree with you that the english will bring the average down, but at present have no data. Want me to look for them?

My birthcountry has an average of 89, but a difference between 100 and 70 (most african countries are around that average) is more illustrative.
 
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