What's Your IQ

@bigtom1 (1573)
October 22, 2008 12:33pm CST
It doesn't really matter does it. I have tried some of the tests and i think IQ tests are actually inaccurate. The scale they use to rate you IQ is first of all not clear and i think the type of questions they ask do not necessarily bring up how good your IQ is. Do you agree with me or you have better explanations? Let them out and explain to me
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
22 Oct 08
Most online IQ tests are inaccurate. Many real ones are too. A proper IQ test must be taken in a controlled and timed environment and must use standard and approved questions. There are many varieties. Some allow you to finish the paper but take time and accuracy (or 'correctness') into account, others have questions of increasing difficulty and your IQ is determined by how far you got with a certain percentage of correct results in the time. The best ones do this but also allow for the fact that everyone is different and that some are better at words, some at math problems and some excel in spatial/visual fields. Someone who is completely unable to spell may be brilliant at logical problems and someone who can call any fact he/she has read to mind without effort may be hopeless at math. Your 'IQ' is usually a mix of many abilities and, in most tests, it is assumed that an IQ of about 120 is 'average' (it should be 100). In any test, if your IQ is given as over 130, you ought to be suspicious and be tested properly using another testing system to confirms it. If several tests confirm that you are over 120, you should seriously consider doing a university degree course, whether or not you think you are capable or eligible for it.
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
22 Oct 08
hehehe [Mutley laugh] ... go for it, man!
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@bigtom1 (1573)
22 Oct 08
well, that's the best information i have ever had on IQ tests. To hell with the online one's, i will try a proper one. As long as they tackle the areas i'm strong at.
@hildas (3031)
22 Oct 08
Yeah I think I should try a proper one. Online or television show ones are probably not approved. Thanks.
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@hildas (3031)
22 Oct 08
Yeah in one test my IQ was 163. In other 140. I consider myself average intelegance though. I think we obsorb the things we like, and the things we hate we dont pay much attention to. IQ test are inaccurate YES!
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@bigtom1 (1573)
22 Oct 08
Exactly what i was thinking, people would perform way differently anytime given those tests
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
22 Oct 08
Hildas, online IQ tests are notorious for increasing scores but you ought, at least, to have a University degree. If you haven't got one, do consider taking one ... part time, online (with a reputable company, of course) or whatever. Your 'average' is very likely higher than you think ... it depends rather on who you consider friends and acquaintances.
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@hildas (3031)
22 Oct 08
Yeah, your prob right. I dropped out of college. Hated it. But I am not really that smart. Average.
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