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IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (medium.com)

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Taleb dunking on IQ “research” at length. Technically a seriouspost I guess.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes it does, it's one of the most widely cited studies for IQ research. My uni had the class do a research project based on this study, you might just be looking at the wrong page.

It doesn't, see attached screenshot of tests carried out on the cohort.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ASVAB is considered one of the accepted forms of IQ tests, as long it is proctored, like the NLSY does.

Other studies might use other IQ tests like the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale or Raven's Progressive Matrices Test.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The use of ASVAB score as a stand-in for IQ is contentious amongst researchers.

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What's more, higher scores on WAIS and ASVAB are even less correlated with eachother than lower scores.