Sunday, September 20, 2026

Wordsum

Wordsum is about the shortest IQ test you can find.  It is approximate, but it holds up, even under scrutiny. 

The Wordsum test is highly g-loaded and is a suitable proxy for intelligence, even if it would be nice to have a broader, more reliable, and less range-restricted test score.

Cremieux Recueil tests Wordsum to illustrate this indirectly.  It's good to know, but I noticed what he uncovered in the previous reckoning about the tetriles (I thought it was deciles) of Wordsum scores and political affiliation. It shows one of those things you are not supposed to notice.

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