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You’ve described an individual instance (“your IQ”) while considering a population variation. You’re right in the first instance, individual 2 point variation between tests, say, no big deal. But the second, yes, you would be concerned if the population’s mean IQ dropped 2 points over some period.



They didn't test the whole population, they tested a sample of the population, and yes, there is sampling error.




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