On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, Luke Weiger wrote:
> Miles:
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> > James Flynn has discovered that raw performance on IQ tests is
> > increasing about 4-6 pts per decade.
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> I've read a bit about the Flynn effect; I think it's very interesting.
> However, scores have increased only on certain sorts of items (e.g. those
> involving spatial relations) and not others. I don't think scores on
> something like, say, the Miller Analogies Test would've improved much over
> the last century.
No, scores have been increasing on verbal subtests too. It is true that the biggest increases have occurred on nonverbal tests like the Raven Matrices, but verbal performance is increasing steadily as well.
Miles