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IQ tests

Floating teetH

Floating teetH

Jun 29, 2004
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#1
did a search, didn't find this.

anyway....

I took an online IQ test recently and I was wondering how many of these are legit. They seem like another way to get your email.

Isn't a "real" IQ test supposed to be timed?

Also I figure we could brag about our IQs.

I scored 136, which is one reason I questioned the legitimacy....I thought I was at least a little stupid :confused:
 
#5
When I was in Grad School, back in the 80's, there was a benchmark called the Stanford/Cornell Comined apitude exam. 3 hours timed, broken into sections of common knowledge, logic, and problem solving. I took this test 3 times during Graduate and Post Grad studies. I don't know if it still exists, but I am sure you can find what test is the true benchmark for todays Mensa/QQQ member wannabe's.
 
#10
The "Tickle" IQ test seems to be as accurate as an on line test can be (not very).

If anyone is interested visit Invalid Link Removed

If you take the Mensa test you will either be asked to join or denied. In the past they told you how you scored, but psychologists took exception to this, and rather than have a lawsuit, they stopped this practice.
 
#16
FL Knifemaker said:
I don't understand the relativity questions at all. Like........this is to that as this is to something else :confused: *** is up wit dat?? :rollno: 4 years of engineering school didn't prepare me for those :spit:
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Those are called analogies. The trick is to put the in a sentence begining with one word and ending with the other. The sentence should define the words. That same sentence will work when plugging in the correct answer. There are other ways to eliminate the wrong answers as well. Or at least this is what I think your talking about. Do they look something like this?

Apple:Tree

A. Grape Vine
B. Peach: Plum
C: Tomato: Salad
D: Fudge: Carrot
 
#18
yeah, don't trust the online tests.

i was tested back when i was in kindergarden and a second time when i was in middle school, and the scores were about the same. in high school, i took some online tests to waste time, and the results were a good ten points higher than the reliable scores.

so i think that the online tests intentionally inflate your score to make you feel better.


and, tangentially, i'd much rather tout my gpa than my iq. that's the real deal. :smug:
 
#20
Brad Barker said:
yeah, don't trust the online tests.

i was tested back when i was in kindergarden and a second time when i was in middle school, and the scores were about the same. in high school, i took some online tests to waste time, and the results were a good ten points higher than the reliable scores.

so i think that the online tests intentionally inflate your score to make you feel better.


and, tangentially, i'd much rather tout my gpa than my iq. that's the real deal. :smug:
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Yeah, I see about the same. An online test gives me a good 10-15 points on the 'legitimate' IQ test I took.

However, I don't find GPA to be a good measure of intelligence. I suppose it can determine how much stuff a student memorized, but to me that's somewhat a waste. Tests are supposed to test understanding, but fall short of that in a lot of cases, especially when students get access to previous years exams. In college there were a lot of guys with high GPAs who would cram for tests and then brain dump everything. Ask them a question about something from a previous term and they'd likely only have a faint recollection of it.
 

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