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Mavhunter
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| Der wrote: | | Mavhunter wrote: |
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Not to drag this off topic too far, but I've never liked being too strict about that rule. It seems to me that if a word with two syllables sounds fine in the superlative like that, why not go with it? Then again, I'm the guy who read The Moonstone, saw the word "cleverer" and really liked the way it sounded, so I guess I'm not what you'd call a purist. |
You go to "college"?
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Der
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| Mavhunter wrote: | | Der wrote: | | Mavhunter wrote: |
Most stupid. |
Not to drag this off topic too far, but I've never liked being too strict about that rule. It seems to me that if a word with two syllables sounds fine in the superlative like that, why not go with it? Then again, I'm the guy who read The Moonstone, saw the word "cleverer" and really liked the way it sounded, so I guess I'm not what you'd call a purist. |
You go to "college"? |
For "English," even.
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Mavhunter
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| Der wrote: | | Mavhunter wrote: | | Der wrote: | | Mavhunter wrote: |
Most stupid. |
Not to drag this off topic too far, but I've never liked being too strict about that rule. It seems to me that if a word with two syllables sounds fine in the superlative like that, why not go with it? Then again, I'm the guy who read The Moonstone, saw the word "cleverer" and really liked the way it sounded, so I guess I'm not what you'd call a purist. |
You go to "college"? |
For "English," even. |
What's your grade, a "7"?
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| Mavhunter wrote: | | Der wrote: | | Mavhunter wrote: | | Der wrote: | | Mavhunter wrote: |
Most stupid. |
Not to drag this off topic too far, but I've never liked being too strict about that rule. It seems to me that if a word with two syllables sounds fine in the superlative like that, why not go with it? Then again, I'm the guy who read The Moonstone, saw the word "cleverer" and really liked the way it sounded, so I guess I'm not what you'd call a purist. |
You go to "college"? |
For "English," even. |
What's your grade, a "7"? |
Yeah, I know almost nothing about the language. I mean, it's not like I'm on the verge of receiving a BA in English from a first-tier university. I often have to have local high school students edit my writing for style.
You know, not to be a pompous ass or anything.
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I got 129.
Those shape things confuse me, so I just guessed on them.  |
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Mavhunter
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| Der wrote: | | Mavhunter wrote: | | Der wrote: | | Mavhunter wrote: | | Der wrote: | | Mavhunter wrote: |
Most stupid. |
Not to drag this off topic too far, but I've never liked being too strict about that rule. It seems to me that if a word with two syllables sounds fine in the superlative like that, why not go with it? Then again, I'm the guy who read The Moonstone, saw the word "cleverer" and really liked the way it sounded, so I guess I'm not what you'd call a purist. |
You go to "college"? |
For "English," even. |
What's your grade, a "7"? |
Yeah, I know almost nothing about the language. I mean, it's not like I'm on the verge of receiving a BA in English from a first-tier university. I often have to have local high school students edit my writing for style.
You know, not to be a pompous ass or anything. |
I let elemenary stoodints edet myn, wuts rong with that??
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| beyonder wrote: | | I got 135... These scores are too high to be accurate. A score of above 132 or higher puts you two standard deviations above the mean. That is, in the top 2.275% of people in your age group. Above a 116 puts you in about the top 15%... So yeah, great thing to pass the time, but don't put too much faith in it. |
Aren't you assuming normality? |
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 I'm smarter than every last one of you: I didn't waste my time on that tedious drumpfing.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I'm assuming normality, but IQ has proven itself to be a very normal distribution, so it's ok.
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THE Moosed
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Alright. I actually know nothing about the distribution of IQ test scores.
For all I know, there could be very few scored that fall within one standard deviation of μ (which I assume is 100). Most of the scores could fall one or two standard deviations above or below μ, which would mean that having those scores is not as abnormal as you say.
But I’m wrong, of course. *Shrug* |
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Well, that would be more likely to happen if IQ tests weren't designed to produce a standard distribution of scores, so the scores are easier to compare(and work well with the IQ scales in use).
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I think when I tested in second or third grade or whatever it was like, 140 something, but an IQ test more recently was more like, 120.
Honestly I don't think IQ tests really measure intelligence that well. I just don't think it really can be measured.
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| fruiterian wrote: | I think when I tested in second or third grade or whatever it was like, 140 something, but an IQ test more recently was more like, 120.
Honestly I don't think IQ tests really measure intelligence that well. I just don't think it really can be measured. |
Yeah, agreed. I talked to my cousin about it a while back, and he said he always scores really low on IQ tests, because they only focus on certain things he isn't so great at. He's extremely smart though, just in other areas.
Plus, I tend to score low on IQ tests, so I try to tell myself they aren't right ... >.>
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Well that's what happens when you try to create a scale so that it produces a normal distribution, even when what it's supposed to measure is not necessarily a normal distribution. It gets all messed up. Not to mention the near-impossibilityy of measuring "intelligence", a concept which has no concrete measurable definition to begin with.
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I already took an actual one to determine if I was to enter the EBD program in school. You know, the kind with human interaction?
I got 129.
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