Being in the top 92% isn’t saying anything good about you - it only means that you’re guaranteed to have a score higher than at least 8% of the people
So in a group of 100 people, this guy would have a better score than 8 of them. Basically - he saw the 91.9% as “I’m in the top 8%” but really he had it backwards.
If 100 IQ is average, you could have 50 people with a 40 IQ and another 150 people with a 120 IQ. Those would average to 100. Adding one extra person with a 79 IQ would make that person smarter than 50 people, but still below the average of 100 within the group of 200 people, for example. That 79 IQ would be in the top 75% of the group, but still below the average. Just depends how the group is distributed.
91.9% of people have an IQ of at least his level.
Being in the top 92% isn’t saying anything good about you - it only means that you’re guaranteed to have a score higher than at least 8% of the people
So in a group of 100 people, this guy would have a better score than 8 of them. Basically - he saw the 91.9% as “I’m in the top 8%” but really he had it backwards.
If 100 IQ is average, you could have 50 people with a 40 IQ and another 150 people with a 120 IQ. Those would average to 100. Adding one extra person with a 79 IQ would make that person smarter than 50 people, but still below the average of 100 within the group of 200 people, for example. That 79 IQ would be in the top 75% of the group, but still below the average. Just depends how the group is distributed.