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• AAIDD intellectual disability manual (11th edition): Intelligence component -1 SD below average? Part 2 in series

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 132
  As promised, this is the second in my series of comments re: the intellectual component of the new AAIDD manual.  I urge readers, if they have not done so, to read my original post .  In the first post I outlined the reason for the series.  I also highlighted positive features of the AAIDD component (chapter 4) of ...
  2 days ago

• How likely is each score in an IQ SEM confidence band likely to represent the persons true IQ? AP101 Brief # 3 (supplement to IAP AP101 Report #5)

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 132
  Ive been pleased with the response to IAP AP101 Report #5:  Standard error of measurement (SEM):  An explanation and facts for "fact finders" in MR/ID death penalty proceedings .  As a number of astute readers have noted, I stayed away from the various statistical and psychometric nuances of the SEM.  This was ...
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• New IAP Applied Psychometrics 101 Report: IQ scores and SEM

  
  Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — Authority: 129
  A new IAP Applied Psychometrics 101 report (#5) is now available.  The title of the report and abstract is below.  The report can be downloaded by clicking here . Applied Psychometrics 101 #4:  The Standard Error of Measurement (SEM):  An Explanation and Facts for "Fact Finders" in Atkins MR/ID death penalty ...
  4 days ago

• The standard error of measurement (SEM): Explanations and facts for Atkins MR/ID death penalty proceedings: IAP AP101 Report #5

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 132
  A new IAP Applied Psychometrics 101 report (#5) is now available.  The title of the report and abstract is below.  The report can be downloaded by clicking here . Applied Psychometrics 101 #4:  The Standard Error of Measurement (SEM):  An Explanation and Facts for "Fact Finders" in Atkins MR/ID death penalty ...
  4 days ago

• Facebook Profiles Capture True Personality, According to University of Texas Psychology Research

  
  John Gaynard on Creativity and Innovation — Authority: 124
  Below is an excerpt from an article on ScienceDaily.com, in which it sounds as if the psychometric instrument used was NEO-FFI, although it isnt mentioned in the article. See my previous post on Creativity and the Big-Five Personality Traits . Here is the excerpt: "ScienceDaily (Dec. 1, 2009) — Online ...
  1 week ago

• Larry v Branker (NC, 2009). More voodoo psychometrics via SEM misuse/abuse and use of SSSQ

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 132
  Another addition to the Atkins Court Decisions section of the ICDP blog . And, unfortunately, another case the reflects the courts failure to recognize professionally accepted psychometric standards (viz., failure to consider standard error of measurement--SEM; and the use of adaptive behavior instruments that are ...
  2 weeks ago

• Woods v Texas Standwown Texas update: May be executed after Thanksgiving break

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 132
  The StandDown Texas Project just made a post indicating that after Thanksgiving the first person to possibly be executed may be mentally retarded (intellectual disability).  The initial ICDP post re: Woods v Texas (plus links to relevant court decisions) can be viewed by clicking here.   As one can surmise ...
  3 weeks ago

• IQ, compression and simple models

  
  Information Processing — Authority: 459
  I get yelled at from all sides whenever I mention IQ in a post, but Im a stubborn guy, so here we go again. Imagine that you would like to communicate something about the size of an object, using as short a message as possible -- i.e., a single number. What would be a reasonable algorithm to employ? Theres ...
  3 weeks ago

• Malingering in Atkins MR/ID DP cases: State-of-the art, malinger by proxy, and voodoo psychometrics

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 132
  A quick reading of a small sample of Atkins MR/ID death penalty court decisions makes it clear that the issue of malingering is often a critical component of expert testimony. The APA Dictionary of Psychology defines malingering as: the deliberate feigning of an illness or disability to achieve a particular ...
  4 weeks ago

• If youre so smart, why arent you rich?

  
  Information Processing — Authority: 459
  Does being smart help you become rich? Folksy Warren Buffett once said that an investor with IQ of 150 should sell 30 points to someone else, as anything above 120 is unnecessary. Consider the following simple model (we can call it the "Igon Model" in honor of Malcolm Gladwell ): Igon Model : IQ correlates ...
  4 weeks ago

• Can a mild MR/ID person fail to be formally diagnosed before the age of 18? Do Forrest Gumps exist?

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 132
  The third prong of MR/ID identification in Atkins hearings is the need for MR/ID to be diagnosed before the age of 18 . There are a number of potential problems with implementing this part of the MR/ID definition. The question should be asked: " Is it possible for someone who is mild MR (e.g., IQ=70) to NOT be ...
  4 weeks ago

• AP101 Brief #2: IQ test battery descriptive comparison information

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 132
  Although the adult Wechsler intelligence battery (WAIS-R; WAIS-III; WAIS-IV) is the most frequently used intelligence battery in Atkins cases (often called the "gold standard"), other intelligence tests are starting to show up in psychological reports.  These other tests are either newer intelligence batteries (first ...
  4 weeks ago

• Pinker on Gladwell

  
  Information Processing — Authority: 459
  Ouch! Thanks to a reader for pointing out this Steve Pinker review of Malcolm Gladwells latest collection in the Sunday Times. I had more or less stopped reading stuff on Gladwell, as the uncritical acceptance of many of his claims is just too depressing a reminder of the mediocrity of our commenteriat. An ...
  4 weeks ago

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