Posted by father john george
on October 27, 2009, 10:00 pm, in reply to "RAYNER THE SCIENCE OF HITROMETRICS OR ,MEASURING EG IQ OF DECEASED IS MOST IMPRECISE DUE TO INDIRECT"
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: NESS OF DATA
: THUS ITS CRITIQUE
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: Since historiometry is based on indirect
: information like historic documents and
: relies heavily on statistics, the results of
: these studies are questioned by some
: researchers, mainly because of concerns
: about overinterpretation of the estimated
: results [14][15].
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: The previously mentioned study of the
: intellectual capacity of US presidents, a
: study by Dean Keith Simonton, attracted a
: lot of media attention and critique mainly
: because it classified the current US
: president, G.W. Bush, as second to last of
: all US presidents since 1900 [16][17]. The
: IQ of G.W. Bush was estimated as between
: 111.1 and 138.5, with an average of 125
: [12], exceeding only that of president
: Warren Harding, who is regarded as a failed
: president [17], with an average IQ of 124.
: Although controversial and imprecise (due to
: gaps in available data), the approach used
: by Simonton to generate his results was
: regarded "reasonable" by fellow
: resarchers [18]. In the media, the study was
: sometimes compared with the U.S. Presidents
: IQ hoax, a hoax that circulated via email in
: mid-2001, which suggested that G.W. Bush had
: the lowest IQ of all US presidents. [19]
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: [edit] See also
: Catharine Cox
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: ONE HELL OF A PROB ON M N H
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