tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post8180886510008304901..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Psychometrics linksSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-89691657666123416662013-05-07T00:36:24.159-04:002013-05-07T00:36:24.159-04:00This is interesting analysis about Psychometrics. ...This is interesting analysis about Psychometrics. <a href="http://www.opmconsulting.co.uk/psychometrics.php/" rel="nofollow">Psychometrics Training</a>.opm consultingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-23630268072377955242009-12-28T07:25:00.298-05:002009-12-28T07:25:00.298-05:00hi pls add my id (pankajseo2010@gmail.com) for lin...hi pls add my id (pankajseo2010@gmail.com) for link exchangeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-3056106365660404052009-02-06T23:26:00.000-05:002009-02-06T23:26:00.000-05:00According to Flynn, massive IQ increases are not s...According to Flynn, massive IQ increases are not seen in all types of cognitive functioning, just in a couple of areas, which explains why kids these days don't seem all that much smarter, except at programming their new gadgets. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is one of the most popular IQ tests. Here are its ten subtests, ranked in order from smallest to largest IQ gain overSteve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-88228591977910315952009-02-04T22:38:00.000-05:002009-02-04T22:38:00.000-05:00And critiques of Mismeasure of Man & Goleman&#...And critiques of Mismeasure of Man & Goleman's 'Emotional Intelligence'.<BR/><BR/>http://www.affirmativeactionhoax.com/pdfs/Goleman.pdf<BR/><BR/>http://www.affirmativeactionhoax.com/pdfs/Gould.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-82193740211625919972009-02-04T22:37:00.000-05:002009-02-04T22:37:00.000-05:00A pdf from Steve Farron discussing the twin studie...A pdf from Steve Farron discussing the twin studies. <BR/><BR/>http://www.affirmativeactionhoax.com/pdfs/Genetic%20Determinism.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-52475180289976050532009-01-30T03:25:00.000-05:002009-01-30T03:25:00.000-05:00Noone lost points. There were two different tests....Noone lost points. There were two different tests. Did you get this from wikipedia? The info there contradicts the info here, which was written by Scarr. <BR/><BR/>http://books.google.com/books?id=UW9cjBo_nCIC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=black+childrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-60510134771154939502009-01-29T01:19:00.000-05:002009-01-29T01:19:00.000-05:00In the Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study, black...In the Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study, black kids had an average IQ of 97 at age 7 and 89 at age 17. In the same study, the average IQ of white adoptees dropped from 112 at age 7 to 106 at age 17. If the regression of the black adoptees was caused by their "discovering their blackness", what was it that the white adoptees discovered that caused them to lose points?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-77193947867008029712009-01-28T13:59:00.000-05:002009-01-28T13:59:00.000-05:00Hey Steve,Why don't we leave the psychometric stuf...Hey Steve,<BR/><BR/>Why don't we leave the psychometric stuff aside for a moment and think about U.S. technology strategy for a bit.<BR/><BR/>Here's some fodder for a post and some conversation: <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012602376.html" REL="nofollow">Silicon Valley Wants to Stay on the Road to Prosperity</A>.Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486234948199900568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-31375029835900217612009-01-27T19:48:00.000-05:002009-01-27T19:48:00.000-05:00"Jensen would have you believe that human beings a..."Jensen would have you believe that human beings are like weeds and will grow to a gentically predeterimined height wherever their seed lands."<BR/><BR/>He's never said that differences are 100% hereditable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-15029783269196491532009-01-27T19:23:00.000-05:002009-01-27T19:23:00.000-05:00When is someone going to take the Boer bait?When is someone going to take the Boer bait?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-8405827318781604292009-01-27T19:21:00.000-05:002009-01-27T19:21:00.000-05:00"Sandra Scarr, after conducting the Minnesota..."Sandra Scarr, after conducting the Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study: "Within the range of 'humane environments,'variations in family socioeconomic characteristics and in child-rearing practices have little or no effect on IQ measured in adolescence." P. 476<BR/><BR/>What is meant by "humane environments"? What is meant by "adolescent"? Scarr came toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-23824929752631397422009-01-27T11:22:00.000-05:002009-01-27T11:22:00.000-05:00From Jensen, A. R. (1998). The g factor: The scien...From Jensen, A. R. (1998). The g factor: The science of mental ability. Westport, CT: Praeger:<BR/><BR/> Sandra Scarr, after conducting the Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study: "Within the range of 'humane environments,'variations in family socioeconomic characteristics and in child-rearing practices have little or no effect on IQ measured in adolescence." P. 476<BR/><BR/> "There is simply no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-48380196230679360522009-01-27T10:56:00.000-05:002009-01-27T10:56:00.000-05:00You might have seen that the WISC has a reliabilit...You might have seen that the WISC has a reliability of .95 when administerd six months apart. That is believable. But a score at age 7and one at 16 will in general differ by much more than a score at 20 and a score at 29.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-36702458326705537712009-01-27T10:46:00.000-05:002009-01-27T10:46:00.000-05:00"The B-W gap can be measured at age 2-1/2, so blac..."The B-W gap can be measured at age 2-1/2, so blacks must discover their blackness while very young."<BR/><BR/>But not if adopted by whites.<BR/><BR/>"Asian children adopted by white families mature to have IQs that are consistent with their biological peers and which are higher than their adoptive parents."<BR/><BR/>Irrelavent.<BR/><BR/>"Thirty Years of Research on Race Differences in Cognitive Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-72883096582604642762009-01-27T10:00:00.000-05:002009-01-27T10:00:00.000-05:00Some comments relating to the prior messages...Bla...Some comments relating to the prior messages...<BR/><BR/>Black children adopted by white families mature to have IQs that are consistent with their biological peers and are not higher, due to their rearing; Asian children adopted by white families mature to have IQs that are consistent with their biological peers and which are higher than their adoptive parents. "Discovering blackness" is not anAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-28821602160120521072009-01-27T08:53:00.000-05:002009-01-27T08:53:00.000-05:00Pre WW II study (1928) where Jews score lower than...Pre WW II study (1928) where Jews score lower than (what was then the ruling class) N Europeans.<BR/><BR/>http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=1929-00499-001Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-31801101325040470312009-01-27T04:44:00.000-05:002009-01-27T04:44:00.000-05:00I forgot. On the Afrikaner link scroll up to page ...I forgot. On the Afrikaner link scroll up to page 534 for the beginning of the section.<BR/><BR/>BTW, the slower reaction time and smaller heads of blacks is sufficient for me to be convinced that part of the difference is genetic. The larger heads of Orientals is also sufficient proof that genes are part of the IQ difference. But I'd hire a black lawyer over an Oriental. Oriental representation Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-66342186784570077402009-01-27T04:29:00.000-05:002009-01-27T04:29:00.000-05:00Link on blacks adopted by upper middle class white...Link on blacks adopted by upper middle class whites.<BR/><BR/>http://books.google.com/books?id=UW9cjBo_nCIC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=black+children+adopted+by+white+families+IQ&source=web&ots=rMwbOOHr7N&sig=9b3r21XEJ9sSKi1c-1VZT38xumo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result<BR/><BR/>Link on Boer British SA difference:<BR/><BR/>http://books.google.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-70183045886922093772009-01-27T04:06:00.000-05:002009-01-27T04:06:00.000-05:00"Fifty years ago the Boer British South Afric..."Fifty years ago the Boer British South African IQ difference was 2/3 SD mostly in the performance section. Now it is near zero."<BR/><BR/>How do they explain the closing of the gap? Could that be explained by living in a less cognitively (in terms of what IQ tests measure) demanding rural environment? Nutrition?<BR/><BR/>Another point is that there wouldn't be that much genetic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-49855589153358001362009-01-27T03:49:00.000-05:002009-01-27T03:49:00.000-05:00"Adopted black kids score higher than the white me..."Adopted black kids score higher than the white mean and more than 15 points higher than blacks "in the wild". How can that be unless black families are like the Mojave and white adoptive families like Redwood National Park?"<BR/><BR/>Interesting. Do you have any links or references for that though? I'm just asking because the study cited on Gene Expression suggests scores tended to be similar toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-71161828716941496382009-01-27T02:44:00.000-05:002009-01-27T02:44:00.000-05:00Fifty years ago the Boer British South African IQ ...Fifty years ago the Boer British South African IQ difference was 2/3 SD mostly in the performance section. Now it is near zero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-53860357580297150272009-01-27T01:59:00.000-05:002009-01-27T01:59:00.000-05:00"So I think explanations for fade out, like discov..."So I think explanations for fade out, like discovering "their blackness" or other culture theories aren't that persuasive."<BR/><BR/>Heritability is not one fixed number (it depends on the variance of environments) and high heritability for IQ does not mean group differences are genetic. This is very counterintuitive. <BR/><BR/>A redwood planted in the Mojave desert can only be compared to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-63721549557516076482009-01-27T00:20:00.000-05:002009-01-27T00:20:00.000-05:00"What does it mean exactly? That the differen..."What does it mean exactly? That the difference in IQ scores of identical twns decreases with age? Of course it does. IQ tests are less reliable the younger the testee, and children mature at different rates."<BR/><BR/>I think it refers to the extent that differences between people can be attributed to genetics rather than differences in environment. <BR/><BR/>In terms of identical Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-76955947053171586372009-01-26T23:26:00.000-05:002009-01-26T23:26:00.000-05:00As you pointed out before???I didn't miss it. But ...As you pointed out before???<BR/><BR/>I didn't miss it. But it is irrelavent. <BR/><BR/>What does it mean exactly? That the difference in IQ scores of identical twns decreases with age? Of course it does. IQ tests are less reliable the younger the testee, and children mature at different rates. <BR/><BR/>But it doesn't mean that if a cohort uniformly scores higher than its parents IQ would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-73532580756884911222009-01-26T23:18:00.000-05:002009-01-26T23:18:00.000-05:00In relation to the increase in heritability with a...In relation to the increase in heritability with age, see page 253of June 2005 issue of Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, Vol. 11, No. 2:<BR/><BR/>http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/PPPL1.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com