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Re: good post on LinkedIn

From Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
Newsgroups comp.arch.embedded, sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: good post on LinkedIn
Date 2026-02-01 20:59 +1100
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On 1/02/2026 2:29 am, john larkin wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:34:35 -0000 (UTC), Nioclás Pól Caileán de
> Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> wrote:
> 
>> In sci.electronics.design Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:
>> |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
>> |"the "Intelligence Quotient" is a remarkably ill-defined measure"|
>> |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
>>
>> True.
>> (S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)
> 
> It's an integer that results from a standard IQ test. That is very
> well defined.

What it tests isn't.

> And the integer correlates highly with many measures of productivity
> and success.

For a rather low value of "highly". The correlation between IQ and 
post-employment success of university graduates is pretty close to zero.

You used to need an IQ score of about 115 to get into university - the 
average IQ if American university students is now 102. Your chances of 
actually getting a university degree don't correlated strongly with with 
you IQ score at university entry.

Difficult courses - mostly STEM subjects do show a stronger correlation, 
but about 40% students drop out without getting a degree, and it takes a 
IQ of 130 or better to get this down to 5%.

> The SAT tests are even better, because they have separate math and
> verbal scores.

But they still aren't all that good.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney

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        Re: good post on LinkedIn Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-01-29 14:26 +0000
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                Re: good post on LinkedIn Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-01-30 01:28 +0000
                Re: good post on LinkedIn Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-01-30 15:14 +1100
                Re: good post on LinkedIn john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-01-30 11:52 -0800
                Re: good post on LinkedIn Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-01-31 16:05 +1100
                Re: good post on LinkedIn Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-01-31 12:34 +0000
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                Re: good post on LinkedIn Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-01 20:59 +1100
                Re: good post on LinkedIn john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-02-01 03:06 -0800
                Re: good post on LinkedIn Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-02 00:17 +1100
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                Re: good post on LinkedIn Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-01 21:31 +1100
                Re: good post on LinkedIn Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-01-30 14:59 +1100
                Re: good post on LinkedIn liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-01-30 10:15 +0000
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                Re: good post on LinkedIn Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-01 01:31 +1100
                Re: good post on LinkedIn Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-01-31 19:16 +0000
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                Re: Sorry re history of Fortran, good post on LinkedIn Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-02-18 14:56 +0000
                Re: Sorry re history of Fortran, good post on LinkedIn John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2026-02-18 20:32 +0000
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                Re: good post on LinkedIn Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2026-02-01 21:36 +1100
                Re: good post on LinkedIn Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-01-31 14:26 +0000
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            Re: good post on LinkedIn john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-01-31 07:55 -0800
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