David Althaus comments on Get genotyped for free ( If your IQ is high enough)

David Althaus 2 Oct 2011 2:15 UTC
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He mentions it in the talk. They are searching for people with cognitive abilities at least +3 SD above average ( which equals IQ 145.) (EDIT: At 45:20 he starts talking about the study-design. )
- nazgulnarsil 4 Oct 2011 0:18 UTC
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  I was under the impression that an IQ of 145 puts one in the 99.75% percentile but I never investigated too closely. Some stats:
  
  ″ rarity on a 15 SD (e.g. Wechsler) and 16 SD (e.g. Stanford-Binet) scale: 145 99.8650032777% 1 in 741
  
  99.7542037453% 1 in 407
  What links here?
  - David Althaus's comment on Get genotyped for free ( If your IQ is high enough) by David Althaus (4 Oct 2011 9:34 UTC; 2 points)
  - David Althaus 4 Oct 2011 9:13 UTC
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    Hm, I’ve trusted Steve Hsu on this. I don’t know if they only accept people in the 99,9th percentile or if folks in the 99,865th meet the criteria, too. I guess it doesn’t matter too much.
    
    EDIT: And I’ve changed the title again. Now it should be sufficiently vague.
- wedrifid 2 Oct 2011 4:06 UTC
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  He mentions it in the talk. They are searching for people with cognitive abilities at least +3 SD above average ( which equals IQ 145.)
  
  (And is best expressed as SDs because IQ numbers from one test are not directly equivalent to those on another test.)
  - David Althaus 2 Oct 2011 7:52 UTC
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    Alright, I’ve changed the title.