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You can not perform a factor analysis on an individual, but you can extract the g-factor from a battery of tests and rank order it by percentile compared to a norm group. This is what the FSIQ is doing indirectly, though, even on highly g-loaded tests, a lot of the score is caught up in specialized abilities and measurement error. | You can not perform a factor analysis on an individual, but you can extract the g-factor from a battery of tests and rank order it by percentile compared to a norm group. This is what the FSIQ is doing indirectly, though, even on highly g-loaded tests, a lot of the score is caught up in specialized abilities and measurement error. | ||
Your definition completely misses the fact that this general factor naturally emerges in all large-scale analyses of the correlations between | Your definition completely misses the fact that this general factor naturally emerges in all large-scale analyses of the correlations between diverse cognitive skills. This correlation is determined by the respective g-loading of these cognitive skills. | ||
It doesn't necessarily 'seek to measure' anything; it is naturally emanating. And the lede as it is reflects that very well. [[User:Altmark22|Altmark22]] ([[User talk:Altmark22|talk]]) | It doesn't necessarily 'seek to measure' anything; it is naturally emanating. And the lede as it is reflects that very well. [[User:Altmark22|Altmark22]] ([[User talk:Altmark22|talk]]) | ||