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Professor Helga Hightower developed a new measure of intelligence.She then tested two groups of people.One group scored low on existing IQ tests.The other scored very high.Those who scored low on old tests usually scored low on her new test;those who scored very high on old tests usually scored high on the new test.Her new measure has
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