/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.10380104]

Why don't we just use IQ scores if people want to hire/admit the best? The difference between a GPA of a 3.8 and a 4.0 is negligible, prove me wrong.

[Anonymous No.10380116]

>>10380104
The practice effect is quite large, to the point where people can train for a SD gain in IQ. So once people catch on that IQ tests are important for admission into various institutes, they will start spending lots of time practicing those, invalidating the test to an extent. It's better to have people practicing actually useful academic material than the relatively useless questions found on IQ tests. Furthermore, at the high level, IQ tests lose resolution. The difference between someone with a 150 IQ and a 154 IQ cannot be said to meaningful in any sense. I would say this threshold is at around 145 IQ. All reputable IQ tests max out at 4 SD's by the way (approximately IQ 160).

[Anonymous No.10380153]

>>10380104
To add to this: various institutes do use IQ proxies. Graduate schools use the GRE, which is a proxy for IQ. The military has its own battery of cognitive tests which correlate with IQ. Apparently some companies use the Wonderlic Test to test potential employees, which also correlates highly with IQ. Companies are free to use whatever means they wish to hire their employees (as far as I know, has PC culture prohibited the use of IQ tests for hiring purposes?), but most seem to opt for direct probing of knowledge and skills rather than administering a full scale IQ test that takes several hours to complete.

[Anonymous No.10380252]

>>10380104
i've got a better one - why don't we just cut to the chase and assign people with high IQs a stable of big titty chicks and a mansion?
>i actually like dainty breasts

[Anonymous No.10380357]

Because a high IQ cannot save you from being insufferable to work with, so there needs to be some kind of inspection process where someone, preferably higher up and trustworthy, meets with and interviews the applicant. If only there were some kind of successful process for this already in widespread use...

[Anonymous No.10380460]

>>10380104
>>10380116
>>10380153
>>10380252
>>10380357
Because an IQ test is only authentic when you haven't trained for it.
"Training" for your GPA actually requires doing work, which shows commitment, aswell as authentic IQ.

[Anonymous No.10381060]

>>10380104
Guy Number One
>has a perfect GPA
>hundreds of hours of community service
>captain of the football team
>awarded for accomplishments in the robotics team
>became an eagle scout
>perfect score on the SAT

Versus

Guy Number Two
>has barely anything to show for but this test told him a number which means he's smart and therefore deserves to be admitted to an ivy league school

[Anonymous No.10381073]

>>10380104
Because grades give an indication of many other things much more important to an employer than IQ.

[Anonymous No.10381143]

>another IQ thread

[Anonymous No.10381182]

>>10380104
This actually use to be a thing companies did in the mid-twentieth century. Then Jews forced them to change due to (((affirmative action))) and promotion of college GPA’s, since it’s a subjective metric entirely dependent on the Jewish professors.

[Anonymous No.10381184]

>>10381143
based

[Anonymous No.10381221]

>>10381182
So people used to hire others based on their level of intelligence even without any prior qualifications? Well you can't hire a random redneck for cyber security though.

[Anonymous No.10381253]

>>10381182
are neonazis satire or do these people actually exist?

[Anonymous No.10381300]

>>10380104
4 is maximum in your country? or 5?

[Anonymous No.10381313]

>>10381253
I see you're new to 4chan

[Anonymous No.10381338]

>>10380104
Because individual IQ is worthless for any kind of group effort, where group IQ comes to play.

[Anonymous No.10381339]

>>10381253
Most of it is actually satire. The rest of them are retards who actually exist.