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BeaArthur
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01 Jun 2018, 10:30 pm

Lumi wrote:
At the time I was diagnosed, the words 'mild' or 'high-functioning' were not used in my case of AS...

I wonder why, for some research studies, the IQ cutoff score is 80 (instead of 70)?

It might be a result of which IQ test is being used.

The true number of interest in IQ testing is how many standard deviations a score is from the mean. But because of test construction differences, the actual IQ number may be a bit higher or lower. For instance, Stanford-Binet may have a different standard deviation than the WAIS-R. (My knowledge is rusty, not sure if those are even current names.)


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