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Old 10-28-2003, 11:48 AM   #81 (permalink)
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I don't know how to do correlational analyses, and I think they are generally suspect anyhow, but here are some simple data about the responses so far:

Mean IQ (taking out anything above 160):
139

Either people are fudging their scores high, or the test is completely invalid, or respondents are self-selecting for high IQs, or we represent a highly skewed sample, or all of the above.

Mean political compass response:
Economic Left/Right: -2.71
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.25

And just for shits and giggles, here's a scatter plot of our positions on the political compass:



We are a bunch of dirty commies! (Actually, I object to labeling that side of the axis "communist" - it's a politically loaded term and I'm sure most of us don't align with the actual values of communism per se.)

Anybody with some stats background care to take a stab at some more sophisticated analyses?
Cheers Lurkette, I was just about to make a post saying what a cretin I am as I can't work out how to post the plots I've made of the data. If you could tell me how you did it, I can post my plots of IQ vs each of the other data. It's a bit tricky cos the data are skewed, but there is some kind of trend.
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Old 10-29-2003, 04:05 PM   #82 (permalink)
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IQ tests seem to only test your book smarts. IQ means little in the real world.
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Old 10-30-2003, 09:00 AM   #83 (permalink)
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Cheers Lurkette, I was just about to make a post saying what a cretin I am as I can't work out how to post the plots I've made of the data. If you could tell me how you did it, I can post my plots of IQ vs each of the other data. It's a bit tricky cos the data are skewed, but there is some kind of trend.
Hey JH. I just used Excel - selected the data, chose a scatter graph, and gave it min and max values for the X and Y axes. I'm afraid that exhausted my statistical capabilities Anything you can add will be greatly appreciated.
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Old 10-30-2003, 11:09 AM   #84 (permalink)
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Hey JH. I just used Excel - selected the data, chose a scatter graph, and gave it min and max values for the X and Y axes. I'm afraid that exhausted my statistical capabilities Anything you can add will be greatly appreciated.
I didn't do much other than plotting a scatter, but I couldn't work out how to put my graphs into a post, so I was just wondering how you did it.
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Old 10-30-2003, 01:23 PM   #85 (permalink)
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I didn't do much other than plotting a scatter, but I couldn't work out how to put my graphs into a post, so I was just wondering how you did it.
I took a screen shot of the graph and pasted it into an image editing program, cropped it and saved it as a jpg.
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Old 10-30-2003, 01:33 PM   #86 (permalink)
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Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -10.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.05

I wonder which ones I didn't get on the libertarian/authortarian side.
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Old 10-30-2003, 02:35 PM   #87 (permalink)
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Old 10-30-2003, 02:41 PM   #88 (permalink)
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well here goes; 129-IQ 3.5-l/r 2.8-pol.

Thanks for putting up with my lack of intelligence
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Old 10-30-2003, 03:09 PM   #89 (permalink)
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-3.88 and 1.85 just beside Gandhi and what is this IQ that you talk of ??
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Old 10-31-2003, 10:55 AM   #90 (permalink)
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Since the Political compass gives historical names as reference points, I have provided a URL where one can match up the IQ scores with famous people:

http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-80790/Index.htm
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Old 11-09-2003, 01:18 AM   #91 (permalink)
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Old 11-09-2003, 01:18 PM   #92 (permalink)
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I guess I am the right wing nut ball here, sorry to skew the curve, though with all the hi iqs here, I guess I prove the theory.
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Old 11-09-2003, 08:49 PM   #93 (permalink)
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Old 11-10-2003, 10:47 AM   #94 (permalink)
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Old 11-10-2003, 10:48 PM   #95 (permalink)
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IQ: 136
Economic Left/Right: -0.12
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69

Btw if people are still interested: I could do a multi-variate regression analysis, check for IQ/compass corelations and see how statistically significant they are with the statistical software package SPSS.
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Old 11-11-2003, 01:12 PM   #96 (permalink)
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would appreciate it if you could. I was just going to do a coupla sucky scatter graphs, but I couldn't even manage that.
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Old 11-11-2003, 01:33 PM   #97 (permalink)
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Its nice to know that the TFP has such a concentration of geniuses and near geniuses.

All brought together, for their love of boobies.
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Old 11-12-2003, 12:21 AM   #98 (permalink)
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would appreciate it if you could. I was just going to do a coupla sucky scatter graphs, but I couldn't even manage that.
Ok, I'll post the results later this week
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Old 11-13-2003, 03:16 PM   #99 (permalink)
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(-3.50, -4.92) & 183 baby yeah.
Edit: High IQ, but I can prove it, I think. Also, IQ doesnt mean much, what about formal education?
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Old 11-14-2003, 08:12 PM   #100 (permalink)
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Here are the results of the analysis:

-Means

IQ: mean = 140.65, standard deviation = 12.94 (with N = 57)
Economic Left/Right: mean = -2.31, standard deviation = 3.88 (with N = 59)
Libertarian/Authoritarian: mean = -3.15, standard deviation = 3.12 (with N = 59)


-Correlations (2 tailed pearson correlation)

IQ vs. Economic Left/Right = 0.022, statistical significanse: p = 0.873
-> absolutely no correlation, any correlation that exist is purely due to chance
IQ vs Libertarian/Authoritarian = - 0.129, statistical significanse: p = 0.339
-> very small negative correlation, however the correlation that exist is purely due to chance
Economic Left/Right vs Libertarian/Authoritarian = 0.598, statistical significance: p < 0.01
-> strong correlation, fact that this correlation exist is very unlikely to be due to chance

Simply put:

- IQ has nothing whatsoever to do with ones political affiliation (at least not with the people who have participated on this thread).

- There's a strong relationship between ones political views regarding economics and Liberty/Authority - the more to the right one is on economical issues, the more one believes in tight authority structures.


-> oh well whatever, never mind
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Old 11-15-2003, 11:23 PM   #101 (permalink)
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Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.69
and my IQ is 124
I stupid and bow down to thoes smater than me
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Old 11-16-2003, 09:07 PM   #102 (permalink)
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Old 11-17-2003, 07:12 AM   #103 (permalink)
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Old 11-17-2003, 04:15 PM   #104 (permalink)
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Old 11-18-2003, 12:01 PM   #105 (permalink)
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Old 11-18-2003, 12:13 PM   #106 (permalink)
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Cool idea, but pointless unless people are honnest. I rather doubt you will see many people putting an IQ of less then 120 reguardless of score.
There are also individuals who are good at taking tests (like myself) but who really did not do well on the day-to-day homework sort of effort.

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Old 11-18-2003, 12:34 PM   #107 (permalink)
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Old 11-22-2003, 04:08 PM   #108 (permalink)
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I'm one of those 6 inch guys when it comes to IQ. My results on the test were:
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I don't think that many of those questions are the "yes or no" variety. I scratched my head a lot.
I do not agree with my score.
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Old 11-23-2003, 03:56 PM   #109 (permalink)
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Wow you are all uber-smart. Me, I guessed on EVERY question and got a 110.

i did it again and gueesd 'a' on every questoin and got a 82.

EDIT: And btw, who are some of you kidding. Socres approaching 160....please
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Old 11-24-2003, 10:39 PM   #110 (permalink)
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Old 11-26-2003, 10:52 AM   #111 (permalink)
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Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.79
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Old 11-28-2003, 10:57 PM   #112 (permalink)
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Old 11-29-2003, 12:24 AM   #113 (permalink)
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Wow you are all uber-smart. Me, I guessed on EVERY question and got a 110.

i did it again and gueesd 'a' on every questoin and got a 82.

EDIT: And btw, who are some of you kidding. Socres approaching 160....please
I randomly clicked and got.....

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Congratulations, fred!
Your IQ score is 95

This number is the result of a formula based on how many questions you answered correctly on Emode's Ultimate IQ test. Your IQ score is scientifically accurate; to read more about the science behind our IQ test, click here.

During the test, you answered four different types of questions — mathematical, visual-spatial, linguistic and logical. We were able to analyze how you did on of those questions, which reveals the way your brain processes information.

We also compared your answers with others who have taken the test, and according to the sorts of questions you got correct, we can tell your Intellectual Type is an Inventive Inquisitor.

You have the unusual distinction of being equally good at math and verbal skills. This means you are a creative thinker and are uniquely good at teaching others through experiences. You are also a great improviser and very good at handling change.
So I can conclude that average intelligence is just acting randomly. You know there MIGHT be something to that
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Old 11-29-2003, 02:35 AM   #114 (permalink)
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An Inventive Inquisitor! You must've been the guy who made up all the Spanish Inquisition's torture devices.
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Old 11-30-2003, 08:01 AM   #115 (permalink)
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Old 12-03-2003, 06:23 AM   #116 (permalink)
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Interesting set of questions. Somwhow I ended up in the same quadrant as the Dahli Lama - go figure.

Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79

IQ 120
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Old 12-03-2003, 07:43 AM   #117 (permalink)
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Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41

Graph here

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Old 12-03-2003, 08:04 AM   #118 (permalink)
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The wording of some questions presuppose the outcome and make it impossible for some to answer. For example, on page 6 the question "It's fine for society to be open about sex, but these days it's going too far" can be broken into two statements. If you disagree with the first part, you might answer "strongly disagree". That answer will be interpreted as the exact opposite of what the tester intended, though. There were a number of these type of questions.
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Old 12-10-2003, 03:36 PM   #119 (permalink)
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Since the Political compass gives historical names as reference points, I have provided a URL where one can match up the IQ scores with famous people:

http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-80790/Index.htm
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Old 12-12-2003, 02:05 AM   #120 (permalink)
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HOLY SHIT! IQs around here are off the fucking charts!

It just so happens that my IQ is 277. I can tear steel with my thoughtwaves.

Let's start a "How much can you bench press?" thread real soon.

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