smoofra comments on g, a Statistical Myth - Less Wrong

-3 Post author: smoofra 11 April 2013 06:30AM

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Comment author: smoofra 11 April 2013 02:25:37PM 2 points [-]

One thing Dalliard mentions is that the 'g' derived from different studies are 'statistically indistinguishable'. What's the technical content of this statement?

Comment author: Deleet 04 November 2013 10:08:03AM 1 point [-]

There is a test to see how similar two factors are. When that test gives results in the >.95 area, the factors are usually taken to be indistinguishable. It's called congruence coefficients. See e.g. Jensen, Arthur R., and Li-Jen Weng. "What is a good g?." Intelligence 18.3 (1994): 231-258.