"Ignoramus3100" wrote in message
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Where are the IQ tests useful?

For one thing, in deciding what education path to choose. Should you
go major in physics or, say, "business communication".

No, people in business communnication needs lots of smarts, not necessarily
the same type of smarts that a physics major needs. IQ is not a useful tool
to determine education paths.

IQ is a tool, not a religion.

Not a great tool. The only thing it measures well is something that is
called "IQ" which is the score you get on an IQ test. It doesn't really
measure intellegence. IQ has a lot of cultural bias built in. And, kids and
adults will perform differently on the tests depending on how they feel, how
hot the room is, and how much education they have.

It is used to help schools place children in appropriate classes (e.g.,
regular, special education, either remidial or gifted), but even here there
are major issues about eh accuracy of the tests and the meaning of the
results. For this, I think it may be a valid use, but certainly it is wrong
to use IQ as the only measure to determine the place for a particular child.

Jeff