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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The SAT needs to go back to being an IQ test and should be the basis of admission along with gpa. No more extracurriculars! They are turning high schoolers into freaks who can do research but can barely process information.[/quote]

It never was an IQ test. Debunked. Inform yourself.[/quote]

The old SAT with the analogies section was basically an IQ test.  It correlated as well with IQ tests as IQ tests did with other IQ tests.  The changes made in the last 15 or so years have made this less and less true.  There’s still a pretty good correlation, but it’s not as high as it used to be.[/quote]

Analogies are the easiest section to coach. The old test had to change its name from "Aptitude " to "Assessment " because it was proven nor to measure IQ. This was in the 70s I think. Not an IQ test. Wasn't then, isn't now. Stop promoting fake news.[/quote]

It wasn’t an IQ test officially, but kids who scored highly on the old SAT also scored highly on IQ tests.  Doesn’t really matter what you call it if they give the same results.[/quote]

But, they don't.  And, your statement is not universally true,  much as you'd like it to be.

Also,  IQ tests are not definitive measures of intellect either. What is it with the test-obsessed other than the fact that you can prep for it and potentially outscore those with less advantages. Y'all just want a game you think you can win.[/quote]

Frey and Detterman (2003) analyzed the correlation of SAT scores with intelligence test scores.[20] They found SAT scores to be highly correlated with general mental ability, or g (r=.82 in their sample).

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15147489/ : “These studies indicate that the SAT is mainly a test of g” where g is “general intelligence”

The validity of IQ is easily the most robust finding from social science research.  Massive numbers of studies and data.

You may not like these facts, but they’re pretty well established.

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