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Letter: Smart curve

Published 10 September 2014

From Ernest Dewing

Bob Holmes writes that a small downward shift in the mean IQ of a population will cause a relatively large drop in the number of high IQ individuals (23 August, p 30).

But that is dependent on the distribution of different IQ scores – the shape of the curve – remaining constant. Does it?
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Issue no. 2986 published 13 September 2014

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