I'm_All_NEET:3@lemmy.ml to Ask Me Anything@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoI have below average IQ, AMAmessage-squaremessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1message-squareI have below average IQ, AMAI'm_All_NEET:3@lemmy.ml to Ask Me Anything@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square168fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 month 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-squareI'm_All_NEET:3@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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 month 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.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoOkay, you successfully outnerded me :D
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.
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.
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