Updated IQ and Well-Being Scores for the 50 U.S. States

Autor/in	Pesta, Bryan J.
Titel	Updated IQ and Well-Being Scores for the 50 U.S. States
Quelle	In: Journal of Intelligence, 10 (2022), Artikel 15 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pesta, Bryan J.)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Intelligence Quotient; Well Being; Scores; Adults; National Competency Tests; Grade 4; Grade 8; Crime; Income; Health; Education; Correlation; United States; Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC); National Assessment of Educational Progress + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenzquotient; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Einkommen; Gesundheit; Bildung; Erziehung; Korrelation; USA
Abstract	At the level of the 50 U.S. states, an interconnected nexus of well-being variables exists. These variables strongly correlate with estimates of state IQ in interesting ways. However, the state IQ estimates are now more than 16 years old, and the state well-being estimates are over 12 years old. Updated state IQ and well-being estimates are therefore needed. Thus, I first created new state IQ estimates by analyzing scores from both the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competency (for adults), and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (for fourth and eighth grade children) exams. I also created new global well-being scores by analyzing state variables from the following four well-being subdomains: crime, income, health, and education. When validating the nexus, several interesting correlations existed among the variables. For example, state IQ most strongly predicted FICO credit scores, alcohol consumption (directly), income inequality, and state temperature. Interestingly, state IQ derived here also correlated 0.58 with state IQ estimates from over 100 years ago. Global well-being likewise correlated with many old and new variables in the nexus, including a correlation of 0.80 with IQ. In sum, at the level of the U.S. state, a nexus of important, strongly correlated variables exists. These variables comprise well-being, and state IQ is a central node in this network. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01