Why is the median score a 150? Forum

[bjsesq]

this question doesn't make any sense, but thanks all for the well thought out replies

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Remind me when it approaches. I get to smoke retards, right?

[Dr. Nefario]

You can do anything you want.

[bjsesq]

You can do anything you want.

....deal

[MattM]

I really want to know what OP was actually trying to ask...

Why are 50% of people dumb enough to score below 150?

This is what I was wondering

[Orion311]

The scale is built as a rank-ordering scale. If 1000 people with IQs of 195 studied for a full year straight and took it (and no one else took it), the median would be 150, because that is literally how the scale is defined. The numbers are built to correspond to percentiles.

Edit: Of course, they're meant to be reliable across different test dates, so we'd have to assume that this was what every testing body looked like. But this is basically like asking how so many people manage to only score 100 on an IQ test. The test is built such that 100 is median and 100 is defined as the median, so it's not a very meaningful question.

[ymmv]

ITT TLS struggles to comprehend basic math concepts while questioning the intellects of strangers.

[The Mixed Tape]

The scale is built as a rank-ordering scale. If 1000 people with IQs of 195 studied for a full year straight and took it (and no one else took it), the median would be 150, because that is literally how the scale is defined. The numbers are built to correspond to percentiles.

no, that's not how it works

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 0#p5497692

[Orion311]

The scale is built as a rank-ordering scale. If 1000 people with IQs of 195 studied for a full year straight and took it (and no one else took it), the median would be 150, because that is literally how the scale is defined. The numbers are built to correspond to percentiles.

no, that's not how it works

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 0#p5497692

You didn't quote the edit I made right after the post where I talked about how the tests are supposed to be equivalent so you're not penalized for the test date you choose. So perhaps using the example was bad (hence my edit). But it is a rank-ordering scale - each test isn't supposed to have the same scale (as I acknowledged...), but if everyone who EVER took the test was that smart, they would scale 150 to be what the average test taker can get.

[The Mixed Tape]

try not to b so insufferable

[Pragmatic Gun]

The better question is why is the 90th percentile not good enough of the best schools? On most things in life, (i.e. wealth) if you were top 10% you'd be happy, but with LSAT, most of us need to be top percent to even be satisfied.

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