Viliam_Bur comments on 2011 Less Wrong Census / Survey - Less Wrong

77 Post author: Yvain 01 November 2011 06:28PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 01 November 2011 11:28:12PM *  3 points [-]

No chance.

To calibrate a serious IQ test, you need to test (1) many (2) randomly selected people in (3) controlled environment; and when the test is ready, you must test your subjects in the same environment.

If you have a test thus calibrated, you can use it to evaluate tests that can't be calibrated in the same way.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 02 November 2011 07:52:41PM 0 points [-]

Will this evaluation include giving both tests to many randomly selected people and comparing the results?