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aswanson on April 27, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cargo Cults and Interview Questions

The divide by 10 works as a gross estimated iq score (within 5 points) on the old sat.

kragen on April 28, 2012 | [–]

It was about 20 points low for me.

horsehead on April 29, 2012 | [–]

Yeah it'd be pretty low for me too.

then again, there are several IQ tests, so that could contribute to the problem of having a generic conversion equation.

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