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by wmil 2732 days ago
The ASVAB effectively is an IQ test. There's more of a breakdown than other tests, but you can calculate IQ from it.

The SAT isn't considered a proper IQ test.

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Surely I am dating myself, but pre 1994 SAT tests were said to be better.

Total SAT (math and verbal scores), divided by 10,were supposed to be close to the measured iq.

FWIW my SAT divided by 10 was within two points of my mother's IQ testing from decades before.

The breakdown is what was useful. Mechanical aptitude separate from other concepts, for example.