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Nations and IQ. The relationship between nations and IQ is a controversial area of study concerning differences between nations in average intelligence test scores, their possible causes, and their correlation with measures of social well-being and economic prosperity. This debate started in the early 2000's after Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen ...
Mensa International. Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. [ 3][ 4][ 5] It is a non-profit organisation open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test. [ 6] Mensa formally comprises national groups and the umbrella organisation Mensa ...
An intelligence quotient ( IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardised tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence. [ 1] The abbreviation "IQ" was coined by the psychologist William Stern for the German term Intelligenzquotient, his term for a scoring method for intelligence tests at University of Breslau he advocated in ...
IQ scores can differ to some degree for the same person on different IQ tests, so a person does not always belong to the same IQ score range each time the person is tested (IQ score table data and pupil pseudonyms adapted from description of KABC-II norming study cited in Kaufman 2009). [12] [13] Pupil KABC-II WISC-III WJ-III Asher: 90: 95: 111 ...
320. ISBN. 978-0275975104. IQ and the Wealth of Nations is a 2002 book by psychologist Richard Lynn and political scientist Tatu Vanhanen. [ 1] The authors argue that differences in national income (in the form of per capita gross domestic product) are correlated with differences in the average national intelligence quotient (IQ).
The International Innovation Index is part of a large research study that looked at both the business outcomes of innovation and government's ability to encourage and support innovation through public policy. The study comprised a survey of more than 1,000 senior executives from NAM member companies across all industries; in-depth interviews ...
List of countries by income equality. World map of income inequality Gini coefficients by country. Based on World Bank data ranging from 1992 to 2020. [ 1] Above 50%. Between 45% and 50%. Between 40% and 45%. Between 35% and 40%.
American electrochemical engineer Libb Thims took an unorthodox approach when he set out to rank the smartest people of all time. Thims first compiled a list of people with IQ scores over 200 as a ...