Re: The Bell Curve globally viewed

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:05:35 -0700, El Castor <NotAnyone@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


NoName <NoName@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 30 Apr 2007 07:54:23 -0700, Jake <jcbepstein@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Next, people don't hire other people on the basis of
their IQ, that number is not generally known even by individuols.
It is not like ones social security number. Employers are more
interested in job skills, pas performance, work record. Diplomas
can serve as proxies for rating intelligence. In some jobs, the
employer might prefer a person not too bright. Wages are tied
to labor market economics, not IQs. One can ask
for higher wages if one's particular jàb category is in high demand
with
few people to fill that demand. So in the mathematical area of
variables,
wages are not dependent on IQ per se, they are independent.

In the U.S. some companies did administer an IQ
test to those applying for jobs. A company I worked
for used the Wonderlich IQ test, a truncated test
that could be completed quickly. Not the WAIS, the
standard for IQ tests, which must be administered by
a person trained to do so and which has a complex
scoring system.

The company had to stop using an IQ test sometime
in the 1970s. It had used the scores to decide
whether or not to hire employees for some jobs -
branch managers, for example had to meet a certain
IQ, much higher than for clerical employees.

A bit of history. I'd like to remind those of you who are in denial,
that this thread was begun by Earl as a diversion from the thread
titled "Intelligence Not Linked To Wealth". You were eager to accept
the wealth premise, but knew nothing about the researcher in question
and overlooked the fact that he agreed that there is a link between IQ
and income. When pressed to endorse that finding, as well as the
finding that he liked, Earl declined, and started this thread. Truly,
the act of a clever weasel. And now? The remaining weasels have joined
him, and I find myself, like Diogenes with his lamp, surrounded by a
pack of mindless bloodthirsty not-so-clever weasels. )-8

And yet ... it moves. (-8

Sorry you were forced into working so hard to defend one of your
signature issues. One might say it is one of your holy scriptures,
judging by the absolute and unswerving faith you have in Murray
and Herrnstein. A true believer. No ifs, and, ors or buts, no
nuances but clear and unadulterated faith.
.

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