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Re:IQ scores are falling and have been for decades (2018) by Dylan16807 on Saturday May 14, 2022 @10:17AM (#31378136)
Those are reasons to doubt a single test but wouldn't affect bigger statistics.
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Re:IQ scores are falling and have been for decades (2018) by kergonath on Saturday May 14, 2022 @12:43PM (#31379740)
Sure, unless there is some sampling bias like more tests being done at a given time of day, or a given day of the week. Or tests probing particular aspects of cognition that get emphasised or de-emphasised in the education system.

Even so, most of the discussions about IQ are about individual scores and a lot of pseudoscience.

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