SpaceFox:3@lemmy.ml to Ask Me Anything@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoI have below average IQ, AMAmessage-squaremessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squareI have below average IQ, AMASpaceFox:3@lemmy.ml to Ask Me Anything@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square168fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 days agoA gentle reminder that about half the population has their IQ below the average (“about” because average≠median, yes, nerds, I know) Having it below 100 is nothing to worry about, just like having anything below average is.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours ago average≠median Intelligence is thought to have a normal distribution, in which case the mean, median, and mode are all equal. Also “average” can technically refer to any measure of central tendency.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoOkay, you successfully outnerded me :D
minus-squareSpaceFox:3@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI found this thing earlier that says that the average IQ in America (where I’m from) is 98. https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/average-iq-in-usa-1710768833-1
minus-squareUmbrias@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoit is set at a median of 100 regularly, and is not actually a good measure of anything remotely useful. its use in social sciences is extremely problematic. dont worry about some number, just be.
A gentle reminder that about half the population has their IQ below the average (“about” because average≠median, yes, nerds, I know)
Having it below 100 is nothing to worry about, just like having anything below average is.
Intelligence is thought to have a normal distribution, in which case the mean, median, and mode are all equal.
Also “average” can technically refer to any measure of central tendency.
Okay, you successfully outnerded me :D
I found this thing earlier that says that the average IQ in America (where I’m from) is 98.
https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/average-iq-in-usa-1710768833-1
it is set at a median of 100 regularly, and is not actually a good measure of anything remotely useful. its use in social sciences is extremely problematic. dont worry about some number, just be.