Google News finds 33 articles on the Irwing and Lynn's finding that men are on average 5 IQ test points more intelligent than women, and none of those 33 mention the standard deviation of that IQ test.
(Yes, this Lynn is the Lynn of the Lynn&Vanhanen fame in case you were wondering, but that is not the point.)
When I am the Queen of the World (don't hold your breath) I will order every journalist who writes about IQ points without mentioning the standard deviation of the IQ test publicly whipped. The whipping won't be painful but they will also have to attach the picture of their naked ass with a whip to all their writings for 6 months afterwards and will have to explain publicly what a standard deviation is.
All the journalists who can't tell the difference between mean and median and still insist on writing about either of them, however, will be whipped in a very painful way and banned from publishing anywhere at all, including public bathroom walls.
Friday, August 26, 2005
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