Statsistical Infrequency

Question 1

Strength

Answer 1

Practical applications, used in clinical practice as part of diagnosis and way to assess severity, diagnosis of intellectual disability disorders requires IQ of below 70, important part of applied psych as useful part of clinical assessment

Question 2

Weakness

Answer 2

Does not differentiate between desirable and undesirable behaviour, high IQ is desirable but is statistically rare and would be seen as abnormal by this definition, but individual wouldn’t need treatment , limitation as although behaviour rare doesn’t mean it would need to be treated as abnormal