Like the definitions of intelligence, the measurement of intelligence is causing controversy and disagreement. A group of people argue that the intellectual capacity of an individual is best measured by his level of success, whereas opponents claim that there are other better ways to evaluate intelligence. The way I see it is that success itself is a subjective term which cannot be quantified, and therefore it is not the best way to determine a man’s intellect. Intelligence would be assessed more reliably and adequately using a combined set of methods.
Everyone has their own definition of success, and even the same person define success differently during different stages in his or her life. Success is attributable to various factors such as dedication, energy, time and connection. Although in the majority of cases, it can be said that a successful person is certainly smart, intelligence does not solely responsible for success. For instance, there are many gifted musicians out there but not all of them made it to the hall of fame as they did not make enough effort to build relationships in the industry or their taste in music is not matched with the crowd. So it is not persuasive to compare a well-known musician with his/her less famous counterpart to assess their musical ability.
There are multiple types of intelligence, and it is incomplete to judge someone’s talents by one of two factors alone. Skills which are related to emotions and senses such as interpersonal, naturalist and intrapersonal skills are difficult or even impossible to measure. For example, a person can be gifted at maths and also an excellent piano player but does not choose to pursue a career as a pianist. Therefore, it is irrelevant to evaluate his piano skills by his success in the field.
In conclusion, even though success can be an indicator of intelligence, neither success nor any single factor is tailored to measure all sets of skills. The type of intelligence and personal circumstances should be taken into account when deciding proper measurements.
- Some people think that success is the best measure for intelligence, while others think that intelligence can be measured in other ways. What is your opinion? 67
- Some people think that success is the best measure for intelligence, while others think that intelligence can be measured in other ways. What is your opinion? 77
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, so, therefore, well, whereas, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 10.5418719212 218% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 6.10837438424 98% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 8.36945812808 191% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 5.94088669951 118% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 20.9802955665 119% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 31.9359605911 138% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 5.75862068966 243% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1746.0 1207.87684729 145% => OK
No of words: 339.0 242.827586207 140% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.15044247788 5.00649968141 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.29091512845 3.92707691288 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.14401695781 2.71678728327 116% => OK
Unique words: 195.0 139.433497537 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.575221238938 0.580463131201 99% => OK
syllable_count: 567.0 379.143842365 150% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.57093596059 108% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 4.6157635468 43% => OK
Article: 5.0 1.56157635468 320% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 2.0 1.71428571429 117% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.931034482759 322% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 3.65517241379 55% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 12.6551724138 119% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.5024630542 107% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.3744127715 50.4703680194 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.4 104.977214359 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.6 20.9669160288 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.26666666667 7.25397266985 86% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.12807881773 97% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.33497536946 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 6.9802955665 201% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 2.75862068966 36% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 2.91625615764 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.246489426844 0.242375264174 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0774068594168 0.0925447433944 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0677965306823 0.071462118173 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.148714033106 0.151781067708 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0714874061543 0.0609392437508 117% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.1 12.6369458128 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 53.1260098522 77% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 6.54236453202 171% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 10.9458128079 120% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 11.5310837438 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.06 8.32886699507 109% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 55.0591133005 169% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 9.94827586207 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.3980295567 104% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.5123152709 124% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 77.7777777778 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 70.0 Out of 90
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