David_Gerard comments on Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 13 August 2012 09:35:29AM 1 point [-]

East Asians in America or East Asians in East Asia?

Comment author: [deleted] 13 August 2012 10:38:45AM 0 points [-]

The former, IIRC.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 13 August 2012 11:31:02AM 7 points [-]

Both, actually.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 13 August 2012 11:23:29AM *  8 points [-]

East Asians in America or East Asians in East Asia?

Average IQ

  • East Asians in US: 106
  • Whites in US: 103
  • Japanese in Japan: 105
  • Koreans in South Korea: 106
Comment author: David_Gerard 13 August 2012 12:11:48PM *  0 points [-]

Uh, two to three points is noise. Edit: er, possibly. What was the sample size?

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 13 August 2012 12:37:37PM 6 points [-]

In any case, it is clear evidence against the 'cultural bias' hypothesis.

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 13 August 2012 07:18:57PM 8 points [-]

Richard Lynn, Race Differences in Intelligence (2006) refers to a study with n = ~2000 for whites in US getting IQ 103 and a study with n = ~1000 (plus several with n = ~500) for Japanese in Japan getting IQ 105.