New version of test.mensa.no in the pipeline

[firemonkey]

The creator of the test is in the process of making a better one . The current test is most accurate for adults with an IQ of above 115. The current test really over estimates my score compared to other non-verbal tests ie 107 vs 74.54 average for other such tests.

I tried the new version and got 11 right which places me below the normal range ie <85.

Here is the link to the one he is working on.
https://forms.gle/7S6mM8finCGfuk9aA

[Copernicium]

Originally Posted by firemonkey

I tried the new version and got 11 right which places me below the normal range ie <85.

The good news, firemonkey, is that your score prevents you being enlisted into the US military.

[firemonkey]

Is entry into the military based only on a culture fair/ non-verbal test of intelligence? Does the same apply to the UK military?

I'm one of the minority of people with a verbal- non-verbal intelligence gap >10 . I am far better verbally than non-verbally.

[Copernicium]

Originally Posted by firemonkey

Is entry into the military based only on a culture fair/ non-verbal test of intelligence? Does the same apply to the UK military?

I'm one of the minority of people with a verbal- non-verbal intelligence gap >10 . I am far better verbally than non-verbally.

The US military refuses anyone with an IQ score below 85. I just googled the UK military and apparently we have a BARB test which is a British Army Recruitment Battery test. From the practice questions I've seen it doesn't look to be as tricky as an IQ test. I think it's bad news, fire monkey, the British army would snap you up.

[firemonkey]

Originally Posted by Copernicium

The US military refuses anyone with an IQ score below 85. I just googled the UK military and apparently we have a BARB test which is a British Army Recruitment Battery test. From the practice questions I've seen it doesn't look to be as tricky as an IQ test. I think it's bad news, fire monkey, the British army would snap you up.

Are they recruiting rather dyspraxic 62 year olds now?! They must be desperate

[firemonkey]

^ I'm sorry about that.

[firemonkey]

Some things come to me quickly. Other things don't ,and I go into "I've given up on that" mode after a short while.

[Mo34]

I got

You got 23 correct. IQ 112. That's in the upper half of the normal range.

Christ knows how. I found the 1st 10 OK but the last 5 was like ehh?

[Schmosby]

I got stuck on three of them, so I guessed. I was expecting a result, but got "Your response has been recorded".

OK I did the one at http://test.mensa.no/ and got 'Your IQ was measured to 123, which is equivalent to the 93.7 percentile'. This one seemed easier, but still had to guess 2 questions.

[Mo34]

^ Yeah I've had previous one's in the 'shouldn't be allowed to use knives' range too. Generally speaking i'm bog average though.

I'll have a go at the other mensa one above when I'm not so tired.


^^ you have to put in your email address in the top bit and your results are emailed to you.

[firemonkey]

I'll readily admit I'm quite obsessed with doing these tests. Most of them are non-verbal/spatial . Rounded to a whole number I average 75 for those, which is in the borderline functioning range .

For the less frequent verbal tests I average 141 .

[Mo34]

Hmm I got 121 on the other mensa test 91.9 percentile. I'm not sure that can be right though. I guessed some (towards the end) they were thoughtful guesses not fully random, but even so...

[firemonkey]

For most people non-verbal - verbal IQ gap is <10. When there's a significant gap between the two it suggests the person has a learning difficulty.

[Percy]

How long until you get an email result?

[firemonkey]

It was about a day for me.

[Percy]

I seem to fluctuate when it comes to IQ tests. Some I do quite well on and others very poorly or average.

[Percy]

Originally Posted by firemonkey

It was about a day for me.

Agony for someone with ADHD.

[Mo34]

^ I somehow got mine in about 30 mins.

[Percy]

^Even a 30 minute wait can be painful for me during an ADHD moment.

[firemonkey]

Originally Posted by biscuits

^^ & ^^^I got mine about five minutes later.

Olav emailed me my score and my IQ, but not where I am in terms of above or below the average IQ score.

It was very sweet of him to spare my feelings like that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_classification will give you some idea.

[Percy]

^^You probably did better than you think Biscuits.

[Percy]

^There's a mix of school of thought on the subject. I did fairly recently read a book about the impact of a above average IQ and how it can predict the chances of life successes. Other psychologists apparently disagree and many argue the IQ score is too narrow a measure.

[Copernicium]

Originally Posted by Percy

^There's a mix of school of thought on the subject. I did fairly recently read a book about the impact of a above average IQ and how it can predict the chances of life successes. Other psychologists apparently disagree and many argue the IQ score is too narrow a measure.

I'm in the Warren Buffett school of thought when it comes to IQ. He once made a comment about IQ and investing which I think applies equally well to most parts of life: "You don't need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with a 130 IQ. Rationality is essential. Even if you do have an IQ of 160, give away 30 points to somebody else because you don't need a lot of brains to be in this business. What you do need is emotional stability. You have to be able to think independently."

I agree, and besides, being a genius seldom seems to make people happy.

[Percy]

^It's also worth pointing out that religious cults are often filled with, as well as the desperate; lawyers, doctors, accountants, academics.

As Biscuits has rightly pointed out intelligence can't always so easily be defined. IQ tests don't always give the full picture.

[Percy]

"You got 22 correct, IQ 114. Thank you for your contribution.

Kind regards
Olav Hoel Dørum"

Seems to be about average for me based on previous tests. Of course through practice you can improve your score but it won't actually improve your intelligence.

[Sisyphus]

I tried the original test at test.mensa.no and it gave me a score of 124. I was a little slow and I ran out of time before doing all the questions.

IQ would seem to be such a multidimensional concept that putting a single number on it would lose a great deal of information. I guess my result is simply a reflection of how I completed this specific test at the time I completed it and the frame of mind I was in at the time.

This test seemed to concentrate on pattern recognition, mental gymnastics and logic. These are traits I find I can improve with practice so I wouldn't say my IQ was fixed in that respect.

Also knowing all the little sneaky things they pull in these tests also helps a lot. That is knowledge and little to do with IQ.

That said, it was fun and the result isn't a million miles away from tests I have done in the past. It is unlikely that I will have to do a test like this that has any serious consequence to me now.

My mental health issues are far more deleterious to my prospects than my IQ.

[firemonkey]

Was it substantially higher?

[Percy]

^ Odd, perhaps he'd mixed up your test with someone else's.

[Copernicium]

Originally Posted by biscuits

^ if you consider 4 more correct answers to be substantially higher, then yes

how strange - it's not like he would have gone back to double check my score and I definitely didn't put myself through that test twice.

Perhaps Olav likes you.

[Percy]

^It would be nice to have got some feedback but I'm guessing he gets a lot of responses and doesn't have the time.