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re: ACT scores are horse sh*t

Posted on 3/13/15 at 12:59 am to
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 3/13/15 at 12:59 am to
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You are completely incorrect. They load well on G (general intelligence)

You might want to look up the reliability and validity stats of those tests as measures of IQ

Main problem is the amount of time to answer each question. Also it leaves out major areas for testing IQ.


Some ppl in this thread need to look up what the universally accepted IQ tests are, how they are structured, and why they are completely different from the ACT/SAT
This post was edited on 3/13/15 at 1:04 am
Posted by buckeye_vol
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 3/13/15 at 1:10 am to
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You might want to look up the reliability and validity of those tests as measures of IQ
What does this even mean? They are reliable, regardless of what they measure. They are valid at what they purport to measure: college readiness and academic aptitude. They do have some concurrent validity with (not as) IQ tests though.
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Main problem is the amount of time to answer each question.
Well processing speed is a major area of cognitive processing and is included in most IQ tests. So time is an important factor, albeit is conceptualized a bit different on these tests.
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Also it leaves out major areas for testing IQ.
Sure, but they are still strong correlates, and confirmatory factor analysis has shown that they load on G. I'm not saying that they are as good as a comprehesive IQ test, but saying they are the "worst" measure of IQ is patently false.
This post was edited on 3/13/15 at 1:12 am
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