Wikipedia: Average IQ Map of the World. (EDIT: Damn you Fark!, apparently it's the average IQ of the native inhabitants)

Balt

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For example, the values for Australia are for Indigenous Australians, not the immigrants of European ancestry that now make up the majority of the Australian population.

Not that I'm vouching for the accuracy of it or anything.
 
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SlitheryDee

Apparently we all suck. Why don't you go teach some bushmen algebra if it bothers you so badly?
 

dug777

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Originally posted by: Balt
For example, the values for Australia are for Indigenous Australians, not the immigrants of European ancestry that now make up the majority of the Australian population.

Not that I'm vouching for the accuracy of it or anything.

A) That's pointless

B) That's racist

C) i highly doubt that is true

 

Stumps

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Dug...I believe the results are stuffed up because of Victoria....the Stupid State...not the Garden State....and possible Queensland, they suck too.
 

Ronstang

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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Hmm... Do ya suppose that map was published by a Chinese outfit? :laugh:

Yeah and if they weren't a communist country that picks and choose the data they release and actually tested a representative cross section of the actual population they would be lower than normal.
 

Balt

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Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: Balt
For example, the values for Australia are for Indigenous Australians, not the immigrants of European ancestry that now make up the majority of the Australian population.

Not that I'm vouching for the accuracy of it or anything.

A) That's pointless

B) That's racist

C) i highly doubt that is true

Statistics are not racist if they are true. On the other hand, if the test is culturally biased, (which many people claim it is) all that those statistics would prove is that certain people of one culture don't perform as well on that particular test as members of other cultures do.
 

dug777

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Originally posted by: Balt
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: Balt
For example, the values for Australia are for Indigenous Australians, not the immigrants of European ancestry that now make up the majority of the Australian population.

Not that I'm vouching for the accuracy of it or anything.

A) That's pointless

B) That's racist

C) i highly doubt that is true

Statistics are not racist if they are true.
On the other hand, if the test is culturally biased, (which many people claim it is) all that those statistics would prove is that certain people of one culture don't perform as well on that particular test as members of other cultures do.

I never said they were, but was rather referring to this specific case...

In this case, using a culturally biased test (and i'd be interested to see where that data was obtained) on a race that makes up an extremely small proportion of a country's population seems utterly farking pointless to me :confused: Bit like only taking the results for Native Americans for the US, and so on & so forth for every other country...
 
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Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: Balt
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: Balt
For example, the values for Australia are for Indigenous Australians, not the immigrants of European ancestry that now make up the majority of the Australian population.

Not that I'm vouching for the accuracy of it or anything.

A) That's pointless

B) That's racist

C) i highly doubt that is true

Statistics are not racist if they are true.
On the other hand, if the test is culturally biased, (which many people claim it is) all that those statistics would prove is that certain people of one culture don't perform as well on that particular test as members of other cultures do.

I never said they were, but was rather referring to this specific case...

In this case, using a culturally biased test (and i'd be interested to see where that data was obtained) on a race that makes up an extremely small proportion of a country's population seems utterly farking pointless to me :confused: Bit like only taking the results for Native Americans for the US, and so on & so forth for every other country...

LOL at you guys arguing over the map as if it was actually based on a real IQ test. :laugh: