It doesn't qualify. She is saying she has average IQ in a way that immediately demonstrates she has higher than average IQ while also exposing the other person has at best if not lower than average IQ.
Then I noticed it's ShoeOnHead, she has brains for days dog. It's like the world penis champion making a joke about having a small penis.
Itās like when Iām losing to my husband at putt-putt and when we tally up at end game I go āGot the most points again. You really gotta stop my win streak atp.ā
Unless youāve heard the typical use of ātop of the bell curveā there isnāt anything in it that necessitates, or even really implies the average.
You could get data that creates a bell curve in a graph, the top of which doesnāt represent the average.
"Average" is an ambiguous term which could describe mean, mode, or median. But:
The normal distribution with density f(x) (mean Ī¼ and variance Ļ2 > 0) is symmetric around the point x=Ī¼, which is at the same time the mode, the median and the mean of the distribution. (Patel and Read (1996). Handbook of the Normal Distribution (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-8247-9342-5).
Since mode is literally the top of the bell curve and mode = median = mean, you cannot create a bell curve where the top of the curve is not the average.
Also:
For modern IQ tests, the raw score is transformed to a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. (Phelps. Correcting Fallacies about Educational and Psychological Testing (Chap 1). American Psychological Association. ISBN 978-1-4338-0392-5.)
This means while the intelligence of humans may not be perfectly bell curved, the test is specifically designed to transform it into one.
I feel like everyone has not read my comment properly. Youāve given your whole explanation which is fantastic, detailed and thorough. Although I admit I donāt understand the paragraph about variance and so on, I will believe it is going to be 100% correct.
But thatās only if you already know or have heard of the use of the top of the bell curve to represent some form of average.
Obviously a bell curve is just a way of describing the result of data which forms something roughly resembling a bell. There is absolutely nothing within the words ābell curveā that necessitates or implies average, mode, or median.
If we take a graph where x-axis represents year and y-axis represents test scores of 100 people, then the top of a bell curve in this graph would just show the highest scores for that year.
I am not sure if you understand what a bell curve is. It is the common word to describe the normal distribution discovered by Gauss. What is that?
If you collect a bunch of values that are not fully random but have a trend or a tendency. The bigger the sample, the more the distribution will look like this bell curve. Aka. the highest occurrence will be the trendy value, the second highest occurrence are the trendy number Ā± 1, and so on...
You describe some sort of temporal graph that tracks the IQ per year or something. But that is not how the normal distribution is ment to be measured. X represents the values (For example the IQ) and Y represents the occurrence (For example the number of people that have that specific IQ)
Therefore the peak, the top of the curve is the IQ that the greatest number of people have (aka 100) this is per definition the mode.
Also, don't worry about not understanding the previous explanation. I am a Computer Scientist and sometimes it is hard for me to understand what people will understand and what not.
My understanding of what a bell curve in mathematics only came just before making my original comment (when I searched it up) and from what you have told me (and I appreciate the time you have taken to explain in detail)
I understand your explanation of it, and I understand the explanation of what it is that I have read online. Please realise that my comments are not trying to redefine the meaning of the bell curve within mathematics.
I am simply saying that, for someone without prior knowledge of the meaning of bell curve in mathematics, there is nothing in those words that necessitate it has to do with some form of the average. To understand bell curve in the way that you have explained and the way it is typically used in this sense, you have to have external knowledge which sets rules for what it describes.
To try and be as clear as possible. I 100% agree with/do not dispute the meaning of a bell curve in mathematics. Every result in looking up the meaning of bell curve shows exactly what you have also explained. But to someone who does not have that external knowledge of what a bell curve is, who is not aware of the parameters/rules of what a bell curve refers to (such as how normal distribution is meant to be measured), then a bell curve absolutely does not necessitate any form of averages. There is not intrinsic association with the words "bell curve" to averages, or even data that shapes like a bell curve and averages. It is possible to have data that forms a bell curve shape, the top of which does not represent an average.
Also going to add that I've never heard of either of the two people in the original screenshot, but the person saying saying "I'm at the very top of the bell curve where the smart people are" also doesn't necessitate they are talking about IQ. Unless a person defines smartness by IQ. I think they've made that comment hoping the other person will fall for the trap by not knowing the mathematical meaning of a bell curve and not realising they are talking about an IQ graph, which I assume is why they only mention IQ in the last comment.
Well that's a pretry clever and smart self burn, she's smarter than she thinks!
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The own moved her away from suicidebywords for sure
Possibly a double.
It doesn't qualify. She is saying she has average IQ in a way that immediately demonstrates she has higher than average IQ while also exposing the other person has at best if not lower than average IQ.
Then I noticed it's ShoeOnHead, she has brains for days dog. It's like the world penis champion making a joke about having a small penis.
Is that Karlyn "Why-are-the-leopards-eating-my-face!?" Boroskinko?
Yes, it qualified the last 5 times it was posted š®āšØ
nope, rule 5
I think this is better suited for r/attemptedsuicidebywords
I always say "I'm in the bell curve", LOL.
Itās like when Iām losing to my husband at putt-putt and when we tally up at end game I go āGot the most points again. You really gotta stop my win streak atp.ā
By god it's a murder-suicide
Unless youāve heard the typical use of ātop of the bell curveā there isnāt anything in it that necessitates, or even really implies the average.
You could get data that creates a bell curve in a graph, the top of which doesnāt represent the average.
I am sorry, but I have to correct you:
"Average" is an ambiguous term which could describe mean, mode, or median. But:
The normal distribution with density f(x) (mean Ī¼ and variance Ļ2 > 0) is symmetric around the point x=Ī¼, which is at the same time the mode, the median and the mean of the distribution. (Patel and Read (1996). Handbook of the Normal Distribution (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-8247-9342-5).
Since mode is literally the top of the bell curve and mode = median = mean, you cannot create a bell curve where the top of the curve is not the average.
Also: For modern IQ tests, the raw score is transformed to a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. (Phelps. Correcting Fallacies about Educational and Psychological Testing (Chap 1). American Psychological Association. ISBN 978-1-4338-0392-5.)
This means while the intelligence of humans may not be perfectly bell curved, the test is specifically designed to transform it into one.
I feel like everyone has not read my comment properly. Youāve given your whole explanation which is fantastic, detailed and thorough. Although I admit I donāt understand the paragraph about variance and so on, I will believe it is going to be 100% correct.
But thatās only if you already know or have heard of the use of the top of the bell curve to represent some form of average.
Obviously a bell curve is just a way of describing the result of data which forms something roughly resembling a bell. There is absolutely nothing within the words ābell curveā that necessitates or implies average, mode, or median.
If we take a graph where x-axis represents year and y-axis represents test scores of 100 people, then the top of a bell curve in this graph would just show the highest scores for that year.
I am not sure if you understand what a bell curve is. It is the common word to describe the normal distribution discovered by Gauss. What is that?
If you collect a bunch of values that are not fully random but have a trend or a tendency. The bigger the sample, the more the distribution will look like this bell curve. Aka. the highest occurrence will be the trendy value, the second highest occurrence are the trendy number Ā± 1, and so on...
You describe some sort of temporal graph that tracks the IQ per year or something. But that is not how the normal distribution is ment to be measured. X represents the values (For example the IQ) and Y represents the occurrence (For example the number of people that have that specific IQ)
Therefore the peak, the top of the curve is the IQ that the greatest number of people have (aka 100) this is per definition the mode.
Also, don't worry about not understanding the previous explanation. I am a Computer Scientist and sometimes it is hard for me to understand what people will understand and what not.
Edit: typos
My understanding of what a bell curve in mathematics only came just before making my original comment (when I searched it up) and from what you have told me (and I appreciate the time you have taken to explain in detail)
I understand your explanation of it, and I understand the explanation of what it is that I have read online. Please realise that my comments are not trying to redefine the meaning of the bell curve within mathematics.
I am simply saying that, for someone without prior knowledge of the meaning of bell curve in mathematics, there is nothing in those words that necessitate it has to do with some form of the average. To understand bell curve in the way that you have explained and the way it is typically used in this sense, you have to have external knowledge which sets rules for what it describes.
To try and be as clear as possible. I 100% agree with/do not dispute the meaning of a bell curve in mathematics. Every result in looking up the meaning of bell curve shows exactly what you have also explained. But to someone who does not have that external knowledge of what a bell curve is, who is not aware of the parameters/rules of what a bell curve refers to (such as how normal distribution is meant to be measured), then a bell curve absolutely does not necessitate any form of averages. There is not intrinsic association with the words "bell curve" to averages, or even data that shapes like a bell curve and averages. It is possible to have data that forms a bell curve shape, the top of which does not represent an average.
Also going to add that I've never heard of either of the two people in the original screenshot, but the person saying saying "I'm at the very top of the bell curve where the smart people are" also doesn't necessitate they are talking about IQ. Unless a person defines smartness by IQ. I think they've made that comment hoping the other person will fall for the trap by not knowing the mathematical meaning of a bell curve and not realising they are talking about an IQ graph, which I assume is why they only mention IQ in the last comment.
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