From: Doug Jones (random@qnet.com)
Date: Wed May 17 2000 - 20:59:25 MDT
MBAUMEISTR@aol.com wrote:
>
> neptune@mars.superlink.net wrote:
>
> <<
> Some extremely cultural neutral tests have been developed which use pure
> symbols to do things like pattern matching, simple induction, and so forth.
> >From what little I've read, there's a strong correlation between people who
> do well on conventional IQ tests and these unconventional ones. It's not
> 100%, but it is high enough to perhaps make a case for general intelligence.
> >>
>
> I 'spect you-all have seen this before, but if not:
>
> http://www.stateless.com/savell/iq.html
>
> as an example of what IMHO is a culturally neutral IQ test.
>
Yeah, I came to hate those sorts of problems long ago- the logic is too
dry and abstract. I woulda scored higher than 156 if my heart were in
it... but some of the numeric sequences were such "gimmees", like the
fibonacci sequence, pascal's series, and the successive square roots of
65536- too easy for anyone who may have read up on it, as opposed to
figuring it out from scratch. The cultural content is more abstract,
but still there in the form of reading about mathematics.
-- Doug Jones Rocket Plumber, XCOR Aerospace http://www.xcor-aerospace.com
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