What is the IQ range for intellectual disability?

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Number of classes BIC AIC AIC3 Class error
1 3466.31 3417.01 3431.01 0.00
2 3234.90 3132.77 3161.77 0.08
3 3245.31 3090.37 3134.37 0.11
4 3274.94 3067.17 3126.17 0.13
5 3304.98 3044.40 3118.40 0.11
6 3350.71 3037.30 3126.30 0.14
7 3398.35 3032.11 3136.11 0.14
8 3452.83 3033.77 3152.77 0.14

  1. Note. The fit statistics suggested that the five-class solution best fitted the data