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05 Nov 07
06 Nov 07
Originally posted by PBE6They have, and they don't use the standard test, since they are interested mainly in people 130+, so the their test is most accurate at about 130.
Great stuff! I wonder if MENSA ever considered the following?
"In addition, IQ tests like the Wechsler were not intended to reliably discriminate much beyond IQ 130, as they simply do not contain enough exceptionally difficult items. (2)"
(The Wechsler test is the standard IQ test model, btw.)
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_test
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As seems evident to any average intelligent person:
* IQ is just a number. This number is NEVER accurate to the digit.
* "Intelligence" is not defined uniformly by all people, so test cover different areas of "intelligence"
* A high IQ does not mean that one is well in ANYTHING specific.
* Statistically people with very high IQ (140+ which is reached only by 1 per 1000) are not succesful in life.
* IQ's over 150 cannot be measured since there is no databasis for this. So there is only 150+ and no 156 or 217 (an IQ sometimes put to Einstein who never did a test)
For further discussion maybe the psychology department of your nearest university can provide insight.
06 Nov 07
Originally posted by Nordlys"The" MENSA test does exist when you assume that the English person posting is referring to the UK MENSA test.
"The" MENSA test doesn't exist. They use different tests in different countries. In Norway, for example, they use a non-verbal test based on Raven matrices, which is entirely different from the example tests I have seen on the German or English MENSA sites.
06 Nov 07
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Originally posted by Palynkait could be just the resolution of the test scoring. it would take about 112 right/wrong questions to achieve 1 point resolution from 44 to 156. they probably don't have that many. well, actually it would take 224 according to the sampling theorem. 🙂
Isn't it odd how many people say a high IQ number that ends in 6? I particularly like how common the "result" 156 seems to be in RHP.
but I think it's funny that buddy2 is the only person I've ever come accross who had less than 100 IQ. and he's no dummy. come to think of it, I'm not sure I've run into anyone else under 110 either. everybody seems to get at least 120, and I'm not even convinced they're lying.
years ago I read somewhere that they've shifted the IQ scale twice already in finland over time. because the average score had risen up to 120. maybe it's time to cook the numbers again. 🙂
06 Nov 07
Originally posted by HurricaneConway125Whenever you are talking about IQ, your age IS taken into account. The formula for figuring IQ based on age is 100 * (Intellectual Age/Chronological Age), which is why it is called an Intelligence Quotient and also why 100 is the average IQ.
I am 15 but my age was never taken into account when I did the test