What is the average IQ for Vietnamese people (in America or in Vietnam; it doesn't matter which)?

Answer 1

The answer to this is difficult to explain without fully understanding the way IQ tests are developed. The most important thing to keep in mind is that "IQ" is a societal creation. The writers of IQ tests spend YEARS obtaining a random sample of the US population and then finding a range questions: the harder questions are the ones fewer people get right and the easier questions are the ones nearly everyone gets right. This processis called NORMING and all IQ tests are norm referenced - meaning they compare your score to other people in your age all across the nation.

Now to answer YOUR question: suppose you could take an average person from Vietnam and magically enable him to speak fluent English. Then you administer the IQ test. The score, regardless of what he gets, would be suspect because the person has not had the same cultural exposures that an American has had. A totally simplistic and stupid example is to suppose that a question asked you to list pets a family might have. WHat if the Vietnamese guy says "monkey" because his family has a monkey? Well he'd be wrong because the average American would never give monkey as a response to a question about pets.

This is probably more info than you needed or wanted. Sorry. I hope it helps.

Answer 2

America IQ average- 100-111

http://www.geocities.com/rnseitz/Definition_of_IQ.html
if you scroll down you'll find table 1 which shows IQ facts

Answer 3

the definition of average IQ is 100, all other numbers showing the deviation from average.

Answer 4

isn't the average for any group (within the group, anyway) 100? and which IQ are we talking about in the first place?? the old-fashioned Stanford-Binet, or "emotional IQ" or "artistic IQ, or "street smarts" hmm...interesting question