IQ - Page 5

**iCeCuBEz v2** · 03-3-2009, 08:07 AM

I tried the IQ test reach posted, and rushed through it pretty hastily. After like the first 25 or so, I had gotten pretty drained, and didn't even attempt the last half of it. I'll try it again when I am in the right mind set to do such a test. I got 108, but that's probably around where my IQ stands, if I take the test again it shouldn't deviate too farm from that score.

**happy-boy** · 03-3-2009, 08:30 AM

mine was like 139 ^^

**jimerax** · 03-3-2009, 08:45 AM

IQ test is only useful for little kids

Magewout · 03-3-2009, 09:37 AM

IQ doesn't say anything about your intelligence. It does say something about how good you are at solving a certain kind of test.

**ninjafury** · 03-3-2009, 10:57 AM

I did reach's test and got a 105 :P

rade0110 · 03-3-2009, 12:00 PM

Seems relatively accurate. I was tested when I was like 7 or 8 with my psychiatrist at the time who felt it necessary since he diagnosed me with ADHD. I think he said it was either 121 or 123...can't remember. Anyway, I'm good with a 115-129 range.

The only thing I find rather debatable on this test is whole idea of guessing on an answer if you are unsure of it. I understand that there is nothing awarded for incomplete questions, but wouldn't a better measure of ones IQ have questions where there was an answer along the lines of "unable to determine" or something?

The test given here could elevate ones IQ simply on the idea of guessing a few correct answers. Hypothetically, I could have guessed correctly on 100% of the answers I did not know and get a 145 on it. Now that actually happening has an almost 0% possiblity, but it is still possible.

The only reason I can see there not being one is because people would still rather guess and get it wrong, then not guess and go for a higher score. However, if I wanted to find out my truly accurate IQ, I feel like I would be ok with answering "unable to determine" on the few I didn't get.

rzr · 03-3-2009, 12:31 PM

That's pretty wide. Well, not as wide as Chrissi's. But, still pretty wide.

No pun intended.

Phobia87 · 03-3-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rzr

Ahhahaha. It's Organism. Not orgasm.

HA! Ultimate fail for me

OrganisM · 03-3-2009, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rzr

Ahhahaha. It's Organism. Not orgasm.

ja except for deh ladies. They can has OrgasM.

**devonin** · 03-3-2009, 01:56 PM

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Wrong answers do not influence your result - so guess rather than omit a question!

Your test is already worthless on these grounds alone.

**Reach** · 03-3-2009, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by devonin

Your test is already worthless on these grounds alone.

Ok. Provide evidence to back this up?

Whether you punish people for wrong answers, like I think the SAT used to do, or don't, doesn't make any statistical difference. I actually prefer not punishing people for wrong answers, because then people don't worry and not answer even though they are right.

It just gets incorporated into the standardization. It means the average score on the test is slightly higher than it would be if you penalized wrong answers, but the curve ends up being the same (because everyone's score goes up).

**xingyguy** · 03-3-2009, 02:07 PM

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Mine is 1337.

Darn it! You stole my line.

**travman301** · 03-3-2009, 02:10 PM

Reach, can you explain the scoring on the second test you posted? I didn't really understand it.

**Reach** · 03-3-2009, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by travman301

Reach, can you explain the scoring on the second test you posted? I didn't really understand it.

Oh, sorry.

http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/IQtable.aspx

You need to click on the icon at the end of the test that matches your raw score with a percentile. http://www.cerebrals.org/tests/tri/Classeur1.pdf

Look for your percentile score (e.g. 98.8) and match it with the IQ. Use the column on the left.

I should note that this test is suited more for individuals that scored very high on the first test I posted. I have no idea what you scored, so I figure I should point that out.

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If I were to make an educated guess, I'd say your score was 940+10.

I scored 930 after approximately 2 hours, IIRC.

Interestingly, on very difficult tests like this, how long you take doesn't seem to matter (assuming you continue until you start having problems). It seems that once you reach your capacity cap, you start to get too many wrong for it to matter how long you spend.

**travman301** · 03-3-2009, 02:31 PM

Ah, thanks. And I got a 700 on the that one.

I've never taken a real IQ test, but all of the "nonofficial" ones have ranged from 120-135.

And personally I enjoyed the 2nd one much more than the first one. The patterns were much more interesting to me.

**devonin** · 03-3-2009, 02:32 PM

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Ok. Provide evidence to back this up?

Scoring full points for a lucky guess means that the results have a much larger potential deviation based around something you can't possibly measure or predict for: The degree to which individuals taking the test happen to be lucky or not.

The only way to account for that is to somehow try and deduce roughly how many answers people will guess at, and then your results are +/- MORE points, so you fall into a range bigger than you ought to if the test forced a greater degree of precision.

I've seen tests (thinking particularly of highschool math contest tests) where you got full points for a correct answer, no points for an incorrect answer, and a fixed smaller number of points for the first X questions you left blank.

So you got full points for knowing the answer, and rather than reward you for potential lucky guessing, gave the same degree of wriggle room for "I don't know the answer to this" to everybody. Since there was a fixed number of potential points you -could- get by admitting ignorance, it was easier to measure for and correct than trying to account for who might be how lucky just guessing.

OrganisM · 03-3-2009, 02:34 PM

All this intellectual stimulation is giving me a mindgasm.

bluguerrilla · 03-3-2009, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by OrganisM

All this mental-circlejerk is giving me a mindgasm.

Even though I haven't contributed anything I have found all this interesting.

I like the GRE -> IQ estimator, I have like a 145 IQ from that and I'm sure it's more accurate than taking any other test right?

I have to sit down and take one of these because they're always fun.

**devonin** · 03-3-2009, 02:49 PM

I also question just what useful conclusion you're supposed to draw from your ability to analyze and manipulate patterns, when that ability is the only thing being measured.

Izzy · 03-3-2009, 03:01 PM

Fun stuff. To lazy to take a test. I'm usually around average on everything so i'll just say 100.

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iCeCuBEz v2 XFD Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Connecticut Age: 33 Posts: 4,924	Re: IQ I tried the IQ test reach posted, and rushed through it pretty hastily. After like the first 25 or so, I had gotten pretty drained, and didn't even attempt the last half of it. I'll try it again when I am in the right mind set to do such a test. I got 108, but that's probably around where my IQ stands, if I take the test again it shouldn't deviate too farm from that score. __________________ I bring my math homework to church. It helps me find a higher power. Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned.

03-3-2009, 08:30 AM	#82
happy-boy FFR Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 59	Re: IQ mine was like 139 ^^

03-3-2009, 08:45 AM	#83
jimerax ★_★★^★★ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Tokyo Posts: 8,185	Re: IQ IQ test is only useful for little kids

03-3-2009, 10:57 AM	#85
ninjafury Liquidsmooth Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Columbia, MD Age: 34 Posts: 563	Re: IQ I did reach's test and got a 105 :P __________________ Half Asian Half White, 100% Whasian

03-3-2009, 02:10 PM	#93
travman301 #swagdog Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 2,641	Re: IQ Reach, can you explain the scoring on the second test you posted? I didn't really understand it.

03-3-2009, 02:31 PM	#95
travman301 #swagdog Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 2,641	Re: IQ Ah, thanks. And I got a 700 on the that one. I've never taken a real IQ test, but all of the "nonofficial" ones have ranged from 120-135. And personally I enjoyed the 2nd one much more than the first one. The patterns were much more interesting to me.

03-3-2009, 02:34 PM	#97
OrganisM FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nesoi, Olympus System Posts: 2,644	Re: IQ All this intellectual stimulation is giving me a mindgasm. __________________ . Originally Posted by jewpinthethird[link]: "If you get stung by enough bees you turn into a bee, because the venom gets into the blood stream which spreads bee DNA throughout your entire body... changing your genetic structure into a bee's. Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way." Originally Posted by MrRubix[link]: "Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?" Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz[link]: "My pity-sex depreciates at a rate of 5% annually."

03-3-2009, 02:49 PM	#99
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40 Posts: 10,098	Re: IQ I also question just what useful conclusion you're supposed to draw from your ability to analyze and manipulate patterns, when that ability is the only thing being measured.

03-3-2009, 03:01 PM	#100
Izzy Snek Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas Age: 34 Posts: 9,192	Re: IQ Fun stuff. To lazy to take a test. I'm usually around average on everything so i'll just say 100.

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