IQ test

[Maniac]

I found a cool test.

http://www.iqtest.dk

Any Mensans around here btw? I wonder if I should try to join. Though their access criterium is 132...

The last four questions just looked like random nonsense to me.

[Heraclitus]

You do know that if the test is US based you as a European will probably get an anomalous high result right?

(this is due to the better education systems we have)

[Solver]

You know, IQ tests are generally poor. This is even worse than usual. For one, all questions are of the same "guess the next shape" format. That being only one area, it would probably be scorned at by most researchers. Secondly, online IQ tests tend to give inflated results. I just clicked through the questions at random in a minute. That's 40 questions, 8 answers - statistically, I probably got 5 right. The site reported an IQ of 90, which is just slightly below-average, no way.

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Heraclitus
You do know that if the test is US based you as a European will probably get an anomalous high result right?
(this is due to the better education systems we have)

It's a Danish test made by some Mensa member apparently.

Originally posted by Solver
You know, IQ tests are generally poor. This is even worse than usual. For one, all questions are of the same "guess the next shape" format. That being only one area, it would probably be scorned at by most researchers.

Yeah I thought of that too.

Secondly, online IQ tests tend to give inflated results. I just clicked through the questions at random in a minute. That's 40 questions, 8 answers - statistically, I probably got 5 right. The site reported an IQ of 90, which is just slightly below-average, no way.

The questions get harder as the number goes up. Perhaps that disrupts the random clicking method somehow.
The test has also been taken by 250000 people it says.
Anyway, you state some valid criticisms of course. Only way to be sure is if some people here take the test as well, and see if everyone gets some ridiculous result. Come on!

AFAIK I do probably have an IQ of 125 or so, so the result doesn't seem far off.

[Solver]

I'm pretty sure you have a high IQ But that's not a good indication of whether the test is built well. The best indication is to click through it randomly and see what that gives. You try it too... clicking at random should not, statistically, give a score appropriate for the average person. One thing online tests commonly do is, in fact, to ensure that the minimum possible score is around the 85-90 mark so that no one would feel bad about getting a low IQ. In fact, it'd mean that (on the low side) all results fall within one standard deviation from the mean result.

[Provost Harrison]

I broke the test, I'm sorry

[Maniac]

Hmm, if I simply submit the test without answering any questions at all, the result is "below 79". I guess the best method to research their scoring system is not answer randomly, but answer 0 questions correctly, check results, answer the first question correctly, check results...

Anyway, if by randomly clicking you accidentally got a few of the hardest questions correct, I don't think it's impossible you scored something like 90. I assume the harder questions have a higher weight in the end result. The test does not adjust for people just guessing randomly it says at the start.

[Solver]

Sure, but there's statistics. It's unlikely I answered enough for 90 at random, but possible. But take the test clicking through it randomly another 10 times and then statistics and common sense indicate that the results should be really low.

I just did another random click-through and got 86. Again, not terribly likely.

[Provost Harrison]

Admit it Solver, you only have an IQ of 86...you've admitted it now

[Maniac]

I just answered the first five questions (the number one should get randomly correct) and then submitted the test, and still got a result of Below 79. So I assume this supports the hypothesis that your score is a result of randomly answering hard question correctly.

Anyway, I'm not really interested in a lengthy discussion of the validity of this test, sorry.

Anyone know any good IQ tests online?
I guess I'll need to cough up money if I ever want a good IQ test.

I've been wondering for a long time if there's a correlation between a high IQ and certain philosophical worldviews. I guess I'll need to try and infiltrate their organization to find out. :ninja:
It would be nice to know somewhat in advance though if I were wasting my time.

[Solver]

There are no good online IQ tests. If you accept the assumption that IQ (or g) is a reasonable measure of intelligence and that some tests are good at determining it, then you'd probably have to believe the standardized and academically accepted tests and methods, which are tests conducted under supervision and using a pen and paper. So yeah, if you want a good IQ test you'll need to pay to take some Mensa-approved test physically, in all likelihood.

[Theben]

The 1st time I took an IQ test was in high school and scored 142. I took an online one a few years back and got 136.

I qualified for the Mensa types but never looked into it further.

[Traianvs]

I have 122. I had to guess about 8 questions that I didn't have enough time for. My excuse is that I'm listening to music and on top of that I'm very tired right now :/

[Provost Harrison]

It's such an artificial concept...it shows your ability to answer pointless and silly tests, really...

[Traianvs]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
It's such an artificial concept...it shows your ability to answer pointless and silly tests, really...

Yeah, but smart people will answer these pointless and silly tests a lot better than I just did