[Dat Mon]

You know...maybe they are right, and Im wrong.

OKAY...lets have UNLIMITED GUEST WORKER AND HIB visas....


BUT ONLY.....


For those who take a standardized IQ test...IN ENGLISH....

and score at 160 IQ or above.

Can somebody calculate how many people that would be, given the combined technically educated and ENGLISH SPEAKING population numbers in China and India. after all, you cant contribute effectively in an English speaking country if you don't even know the native tongue...can you?

Generously assume a mean of 110, and a sigma of 15 points for the distribution.

(Hint...160 is at the mean plus /minus 3.3 sigma level...hmmmm..)

[Dat Mon]

Correction...160 is mean PLUS 3.3 sigma only...duh...the other tail of the curve would be severely mentally handicapped.

[Feldkurat_Katz]

You know...maybe they are right, and Im wrong.

OKAY...lets have UNLIMITED GUEST WORKER AND HIB visas....

BUT ONLY.....

For those who take a standardized IQ test...IN ENGLISH....

and score at 160 IQ or above.

Can somebody calculate how many people that would be, given the combined technically educated and ENGLISH SPEAKING population numbers in China and India. after all, you cant contribute effectively in an English speaking country if you don't even know the native tongue...can you?

Generously assume a mean of 110, and a sigma of 15 points for the distribution.

(Hint...160 is at the mean plus /minus 3.3 sigma level...hmmmm..)

Assuming you are interested in the right-hand tail, the number would be 0.0005 (one in 2000) of the eligible population. On can find this in any stat textbook or on the web at:

http://www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/PValue1.cfm

(be sure to divide by 2 for obvious reason.)

Of course you could also use software from JasonC's "software company that makes programs for doing higher mathematics" - assuming a virtual company can write nonvirtual software.