Alan Gurbutt: Do IQ tests really reveal a child’s intelligence?
Professor Peter Saunders wants to have a serious debate about social mobility. He states, on average, the lower socio-economic population have a lower intelligence. Apparently, evidence from IQ testing underscores this fact: “...in America, accountants and lawyers have average IQ scores of 128, compared with 122 for teachers, 109 for electricians, 96 for truck drivers and 91 for miners and ... read more and comment →
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Latest comment by Jonathan Isworth: "I think IQ is measuring something indirectly here. The correlation between high IQ and jobs could be measuring the 'intelligences' required to do those jobs. If we say the people in these jobs are there on merit, or in other ......"
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