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Tomaž Štih wrote: There's nothing quite like selective statistics what the fuck does "selective statistics" mean? how can there be any statistics which aren't selected? do statistics float around in the air and combine themselves into charts and graphs naturally, like atoms forming molecules? Cleek | Losinger Designs | ClickPic | ThumbNailer
Keep it cool. :cool: Selective statistics means that one selects non-related results, obtained from different target groups using different methodology and without any proof propagates the idea of correlation. You need data to support the claim that group of voters is equally representative as group of IQ testers. Tomaz
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The statistics in question appear quite braod - what is the average IQ of the state? Who did that state vote for?
Glano perictu com sahni delorin!
If IQ research was serious then a representative group of people was tested having approximately same attributes as the general population of that state (age, education, sex, etc.) On the other side you can't plan which voters will decide to stay at home. So only those that actually showed up became part of the second group. Now if you could say (out of clear air and without proof!) that they were as representative as the IQ testers then I could with equal credibility say that they were a group of stupid people thus concluding that more stupid people voted for Gore. Right? Tomaz
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Keep it cool. :cool: Selective statistics means that one selects non-related results, obtained from different target groups using different methodology and without any proof propagates the idea of correlation. You need data to support the claim that group of voters is equally representative as group of IQ testers. Tomaz
Tomaž Štih wrote: You need data to support the claim that group of voters is equally representative as group of IQ testers. i agree. but given the size of the group of voters (roughly 50% of all adults in all states voted), it's probably pretty safe to assume there's a big overlap in the two groups. Cleek | Losinger Designs | ClickPic | ThumbNailer
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Jason Henderson wrote: Gore got a large majority of the high school drop outs.... and the majority of people with post-graduate degrees. ----------------------------------------------------- Bush To Iraqi Militants: 'Please Stop Bringing It On' - The Onion
[set evil mode on] Drop outs and academics, huh? Somehow I'm not impressed. [set evil mode off] Tomaz
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Jeremy Kimball wrote: they require more than trivial education In what manner ? A true IQ test measures cognitive ability. For example ones score at different ages should not be very far apart when adjusted for a few age variables. Spatial awareness and reasoning ability normally is not a factor of education as it is a function of brain development. Oh well Richard ( a 23 year memeber of Mensa ) "The man that hath not music in himself and is not moved with concord of sweet sounds is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; Let no man trust him." Shakespeare
Richard Stringer wrote: Richard ( a 23 year memeber of Mensa ) ROTFL. The juxtaposition of you being a Mensa member, and your spelling it wrong is probably the funniest thing I've seen today.... Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
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Richard Stringer wrote: Richard ( a 23 year memeber of Mensa ) ROTFL. The juxtaposition of you being a Mensa member, and your spelling it wrong is probably the funniest thing I've seen today.... Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
I had a chuckle or two myself when I saw it. Thats what you get when you try multitasking ( on the phone and on the puter ) without checking your work . Also there are keyboard combinations that give me fits when moving from keyboard to keyboard. I will resign soan. Richard :) "The man that hath not music in himself and is not moved with concord of sweet sounds is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; Let no man trust him." Shakespeare