What is your IQ (take the test online)?

Barley · May 11, 2003, 06:09

This is a National IQ test the British Nation are being asked to do, its run by the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/

I did the test and my IQ is 111 (average I suppose)

Kropotkin · May 11, 2003, 06:33

The first iq-test, and a couple of other tests, where constructed by the French psychologist Binet in the first years of the 20th century. The aim of his tests was to make a usable tool to find children with learning disabilities. He himself pointed out, this test only had a limitied value. General intelligence is not something that's additive. He also warned that the test shouldn't be used to rank children...

Winston · May 11, 2003, 07:00

136 for me.

Might have been a bit better if done in my native language/culture.

Stefu · May 11, 2003, 07:30

130.

Drogue · May 11, 2003, 07:32

I got 141 on that test, or 69 out of 70 right. It seems like a good general test, but being a general test, doesn't go that high (only up to 142 for my age group IIRC). Also, I think the average on the night was 102, which means the test might be a little of centre (100 should be the average). You could argue that the people that took it on the night aren't that representative, but there were over 200,000 of them, which is a pretty good sample.

Winston

136 not in your native language is fantastic, especially considering the idioms and very english phrases used in one of the first sections.

Pekka · May 11, 2003, 07:38

I got 184.. pretty good.

Barley · May 11, 2003, 07:40

Re the average score being off centre.

Like all tests / surveys / votes etc, the result is weighted by the fact that those participate are representaive of people that 'want' to do the test. My general conclusion from this is that people that are perhaps inclined or likely to get a lower result would not have the motivation to take the test in terms of 'impessing their freinds / relatives etc' or just didnt want their stupidity confirmed.

I was suprised I didnt get more, my only excuse was that I was interrupted half way through. Just happy to have come above average.

Very Good scored some of you - I wonder what the Apolyton group average will be?

Finally I realise there are some British Cultural aspects to the test but guess this will only make a moderate difference to non UK citizens (perhaps 5% margin).

Drogue · May 11, 2003, 07:44

About 4 or 5% would be my guess for most different cultures, but a bigger difference for language (depending on how well you speak it). Basically, if you speak a different 1st language, it's better to take it in your own language, anything else won't really be accurate.

Pekka:

I don't think it quite goes that high

Pekka · May 11, 2003, 07:47

Drogue, and that's why it's so special score.
I proved I can do anything if I really put my mind into it.. mind over matter guys..

Eli · May 11, 2003, 07:51

120, but I pretty much guessed the parts when you needed good knowledge of English, so if this was taken in Hebrew I would've gotten at least another 15 points.

BeBro · May 11, 2003, 08:11

Quote:

Originally posted by Pekka
I got 184.. pretty good.

Yeah, I thought 175 is the limit?

But you are beyond it

Drogue · May 11, 2003, 08:45

BeBro: on this test, for anyone between 18 and 25, 142 is the limit. IQ in all there is no limit, but it is virtually impossible to have accurate scores over 180, as either it is right at the top range of the test, or it is a 'power test' which are very subjective.

Besides, I think there are a few people here at 'Poly that have IQs higher than Pekka

Dauphin · May 11, 2003, 09:11

135.

I would have done a lot better if I was over 70.

Zopperoni · May 11, 2003, 09:12

134

Language: 11/12
Memory: 12/12
Logic: 19/22
Numbers: 11/12
Perception: 12/12

Drogue · May 11, 2003, 09:49

As found out in the last intelligence thread, there are a lot of clever 'Polytoners.

to everyone.

Winston · May 11, 2003, 10:01

Quote:

Originally posted by Zopperoni
134

Language: 11/12
Memory: 12/12
Logic: 19/22
Numbers: 11/12
Perception: 12/12

For comparison, my numbers are

Language: 12/12
Memory: 11/12
Logic: 20/22
Numbers: 9/12
Perception: 10/12

The interesting thing is that while Zopper missed a total of 4, I missed a total of 8 and still scored marginally better overall. This is due to the fact that at 36 years of age, I fall in the very low end of my age group (35-45 IIRC), so a direct comparison between marginally different scores will, for this reason also, be meaningless.

And I also have to second Drogue's

for the great results.

Spiffor · May 11, 2003, 10:05

111

I am dramatically slow

Drogue · May 11, 2003, 10:11

Yes, it seems to be a lot about age. The idea is that it shows you in respect to other people of your age, but then they scale it

That was what was said on the program.

For comparision, I got :

Language: 11/12
Memory: 12/12
Logic: 22/22
Numbers: 12/12
Perception: 10/10

I was a bit rusty on perception though, almost missed a couple. I prefer the old spacial ones from last year better.

Paul Hanson · May 11, 2003, 10:12

135.

Which is why I don't believe it.

Drogue · May 11, 2003, 10:22

Paul: Why? Too low or high? It doesn't go up that high, so becomes less accurate at extremes, thus if it's too low, take a harder test, and see what you get, that would be mroe accurate. If too high, I guess you're just a bit cleverer than you thought (or at least, your IQ is a bit higher, if you see those as different things)

Winston · May 11, 2003, 10:25

I tested at 131 in high school, which is why I estimated 130 for this test, but I've actually gotten smarter in the 20 years that passed!

If I live to be 90, I'll publish 'Cold Fusion for Dummies'.

Adagio · May 11, 2003, 10:27

... I gave up halfway through, 40% of the tests made no sence at all... I simply didn't understand many of the questions...

...maybe I should practice some more on my english...

...last time I took a such test (in danish

), I think I got 120 or something like that...