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AverageIQinEuropebycountry(map)byJakubMarian

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Note:Thisarticleispartofmyextensivecollectionofstatisticalmaps.

Pleasenote:QualityofeducationgreatlyinfluencesIQscores,i.e.aloweraverageIQismoreindicativeofloweraccesstowidescalequalityeducationratherthaninnateintelligence(seemyexplanationoftheissue).Also,testingconditionsinfluenceresultswealthiercountriesaremorelikelytobeabletoaffordbettertestingconditionsforparticipants.

Thedatamaybeoutdatedforsomecountries(notalluptodatestatisticaldatawasavailableforallcountries).Becauseofinevitablestatisticalerrors,isolatedfiguresmustbetakenwithagrainofsalt.

Beforeusingstrongwordsinthecomments,pleaseconsider:

Myintentionwiththemapwasnttoadvertizeorridiculeanyparticularcountry(Ididntknowthenumbersbeforehand).Ijustcreatedavisualizationofstatisticaldatabasedonahighlycitedscientificpaper,justlikeIhavedonefordozensofothermaps.

Loweraccesstoqualityeducationanywhereintheworldisinnoonesinterest(maybeapartfrompoliticiansandcompanieswantingtoconrolpeople).Thecorrectquestionweshouldaskthereforeis:Whatisthereasonbehindthetrendswesee?Whatcanwe,theEuropeansociety,dotohelpcountrieswithworseperformingeducationsystems?

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Update:Lynn,Vanhanen(2012)

Thefollowingmaphasbeenmadeafteroneofmyreaderspointedoutthatabookbasedonnewerdata,Intelligence:AUnifyingConstructfortheSocialSciencesbyLynnandVanhanen,wasavailable.Seebelowfortheoriginalmap.Notethatparticularfiguresinmostcountriesmaybeslightlylowerthanintheoriginalmapsimplybecausethenormalizationusedisbasedonadifferentsetofdata.Numberswritteninparenthesesareonlyestimatesbasedondemographics.

LynnandVanhanen(aswellasRindermannbelow)usednotonlyIQmeasurementsavailableintherespectivecountriesbutalso,toagreatdegree,variousstandardizedstudentassessmentstudiesandknowncorrelationsbetweenIQandresultsofsuchstudies:

UPDATEforBosniaandHerzegovina:DuetoacontroversysurroundingtheBalkans,Ireviewedthedata.LynnandVanhanenmadeanumerical(ortypographical)errorinthecaseofBosnia,whichisnowcorrected.ThedatafortherestoftheBalkansagreeswiththeavailablePISAandTIMSSstudies(standardizedstudentassessmentstudies).

ItisalsonotwithoutinterestwhatthemaplookslikewhentherawIQdataisnotadjustedusingstudentassessmentstudies.N/AmeansthattheIQshownabovewasbasedsolelyonstudentassessment

http://jakubmarian.com/map-of-the-results-of-pisa-student-assessment-studies-in-mathematics-reading-and-science-in-europe/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trends_in_International_Mathematics_and_Science_Studyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment

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studies:

Tobeabletobettercomparethemaps,youcanseethedifferenceinthefollowingpicture:

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Theoriginal[outdated!]map:Rindermann(2007)

Note:Sincethemapsabovearebasedonmorerecentdata,themapshownhereshouldbeconsideredoutdated.Themapisbasedonstatisticaldatacontainedinthe2007paperThegFactorofInternationalCognitiveAbilityComparisonsbyH.Rindermann.RindermannusedavailableIQmeasurementsandotheravailabletestingdatainvariouscountries,normalizedthedatausingthesocalledGreenwichIQ,i.e.settingUK=100,andthenappliedcertainadjustmentstoestimatetheaverageIQofthewholepopulation.

UPDATEforCroatia:Aswaspointedoutbyoneofmyreaders,althoughRindermannuseddataonCroatiafromarelativelyrecentpaper,thepaperinturnuseddataseveraldecadesold,whichIwasntawareofwhilecreatingthemap.ThecaptionforCroatiahasbeenchangedtoN/Aasthereisnouptodatedatasourceforitconsistentwiththerest.

Note:KosovoisunderstoodasapartofSerbiaandCrimeaasapartofUkraineforthepurposesofthesestatistics.Rindermannestimateddataforseveralcountries,whichwereoriginallyinthemapbutarenowsettoN/Abecausethemapaboveprovidesactualdata,sotheestimatesarenowworthless.

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