Cox's Estimates for Eminent Occupational Groups
From Table 20 B, Volume II: The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses by Catharine M. Cox from Genetic Studies of Genius edited by Lewis M. Terman. Copyright 1926, Stanford University Press. (Data taken from the third printing January, 1959).
| Group |
Adult
IQ |
Flynn
Effect Corrected |
| Philosophers |
180 |
158 |
| Scientists |
175 |
153 |
| Non-fiction
Writers |
170 |
148 |
| Religious
Leaders |
170 |
148 |
| Fiction
Writers |
165 |
143 |
| Revolutionary
Statesmen |
165 |
143 |
| Statesmen |
165 |
143 |
| Average
Group A |
165 |
143 |
| Artists |
160 |
138 |
| Musicians |
160 |
138 |
| Soldiers |
140 |
118 |
(Group A includes all but 19 of the 301 geniuses.)
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