IQ Scores Should Be Corrected for the Flynn Effect in High-Stakes Decisions¶
Fletcher, S., & Hughes. (2010). IQ Scores Should Be Corrected for the Flynn Effect in High-Stakes Decisions.
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- Flynn Effect
- … tested on older, "stale" norms scores higher than they would on fresh ones, so courts in the wake of Atkins v. Virginia (which barred executing the intellectually disabled) now weigh Flynn corrections — subtracting roughly the per-decade gain times the test's age — when eligibility turns on a few points
This sourceArgues for the Flynn correction - roughly three points per decade of norm age - at the intellectual-disability threshold in capital cases; it is one side of a live professional dispute, and the Atkins holding needs its own citation.
- … tested on older, "stale" norms scores higher than they would on fresh ones, so courts in the wake of Atkins v. Virginia (which barred executing the intellectually disabled) now weigh Flynn corrections — subtracting roughly the per-decade gain times the test's age — when eligibility turns on a few points
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