“Not enough information” was one answer to one of the questions, wasn’t it? Not simply “I don’t know”. Big difference.
My memory sucks.
Yes, and sorry, I meant to make it clear that I don’t think any of the questions could correctly have been answered using the default “I don’t know” answer. I’m pretty sure it was one of the “if all a’s are b and all b’s are c” questions, but, yes, the answer was something like “there is not enough information” or whatever. I, too, am horrible at remembering test questions when I’m done taking the test. I see people saying things like “what did you get for number 12?” and all I can think is, “you memorized the numbers?”
Get away from the Kool-Aid, Quartz.
How is the SDMB self selecting? They took my credit card without question. In my long experience as a lurker/poster, the SDMB doesn’t have one more gram of intellect than my corner tap, barbershop or workplace.
What we do have, is [unwarranted] hubris,arrogance and a willingness to----as Shagnasty said it-----“subtly inflate (in their minds) their IQ score until your are looking at the 20 people with the IQ scores ever recorded.”
It’s only the “subtly” part I’m struggling with.
Damn, the raindog!
The motto is, in part, “Fighting Ignorance”. Not “Shoot the Ignorant”. :dubious:
I am not a christian, not at all, but allow me to reccommend you a small read.
Peace,
mangeorge
I had to google “corner tap”. I am enlightened.
Can’t remember the names they used, but there was a statement along the lines of “A is faster than B and C is slower than A”, and then it asked about the relative speeds of B and C.
That was it. I was hesitant because it seemed too obvious.
I figured it was 1/3 of the cost, or 20 out of 60 dollars (50 for the car and 10 for the gas, right?), since there were two segments of 50 miles on the trip in each direction, but the guy was on all four segments but his girlfriend was only on two of them.
So he took 4 segments to her 2 for a 4:2 ratio of time spent in the car, or 2:1, so he should pay twice what she pays. In other words, he pays 40 and she pays 20.
Now I had to force myself to think this way as I assumed the “obvious” (i.e., real world) definition of “equitable” (50/50) was not what was desired here, but not to overthink the possible complications. Like, what if he did all the driving, shouldn’t he get something extra, unless there was kind of “that thing you like” sex involved on the trip, and now we’re really not going to be able to focus on the rest of the questions, so let’s go back to taking this logically.
To return to the OP’s question, what does this IQ score mean…, it means that for whatever reason, be it training, education, self-selection or something more or less inherently meaningful, that you are capable thinking more in the way that the writers of this test are looking for than most other people.
Well, keep going to the library and don’t give up, stubby.
I scored 136. I believe the question that screwed me up was the boyfriend driving 50-kilometers, picking up his girlfriend, and driving 50km more. I answered that each pays $30. I’m certain they consider that wrong, but in real life I think it’s how many people would split the expenses. (Well, actually in real life the guy would pay for it all, but, we’ll ignore that.)
Do I get bonus points for noticing that the positive z-score chart is wrong? The column headers in the negative z-score table are correct. But, the column headers in the positive z-score table are backwards, as if they just copied them from the negative score table. The column headers should go 0.0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03 … 0.09 for the positive score table. Compare it against this table (remember to add 0.5000 to each value).
I think one of us should bite the bullet and pay the $6.95 for detailed test results, just to see if it’s worth it. Won’t be me, though.
Yah, but the Amish are disgusting homophobes. We went over all that on the Dope within the last month.
So… the existence of at least one person, with at least one black ancestor, who tests over 120 on an IQ test indicates that it is stupid and racist to assert that black people might have a lower average IQ than white?
You’re right. IQ tests are overrated.
Well, yes it did, if you make an assumption: the man has no other income. Yes, it’s an assumption, but then again the test is loaded with questions where implicit assumptions have to be made (I already mentioned the question about the red ball with the arrow out its top). Once you make this assumption (all the remaining income comes from the wife), then the answer is trivial.
I might be showing my age with the ‘corner tap’ reference.
One of the hallmarks of people who test well on so-called IQ tests is that they are curious, more so than those who test below the median. Given that the SDMB is a playground for the curious, the sort of person who is going to be interested in this message board is likely to be [Yogi Bear voice]more curious than the a-ver-age bear[/Yogi Bear voice]. So while there is no component of membership that restricts to high “intelligence,” it is a good bet that the SDMB’s regular members’ IQ scores would tend to be above the median for the general population.
Which does not mean that we don’t have some of the more ignorant people you’ll ever meet posting here; curiousity and intelligence do not equate to knowledge and understanding. Which, in reading your post, I believe is really the thrust of what you are saying. After all, we have a couple threads going right now about the theories espoused by Dr. Watson, and have over time had numerous other threads devoted to particularly silly or stupid ideas postulated by otherwise intelligent people. We are all probably guilty of silly thinking, regardless of our “intelligence;” I know I certainly am! :smack:
There was one about cheese that bugged me. And the egg-steak-salad thing, what was that?
I scored 126, which is typical for me. Once in a while I crank up to 130 with these online quizzes, but IIRC 125 was my official score in school. However, I wasn’t a stellar student and I’m definitely not a “success” as an adult (I’m not dead yet, either, so there is still hope).
I guess I lost that thread. That the Amish are, indeed, homophobes was far fom resolved last I read.
If they are, I shall shun them, one and all.
Peace,
mangeorge
I scored in about the same range as I scored way back in Jr. High School on a “real test”, and within 5 points (although lower) of what other online tests have normally given, for whatever that’s worth.
On the splitting the car expenses question, I chose $15 for the girl. I reasoned that the guy was in the car alone for half the trip, so he pays all of that expense. For the other half of the trip, each person pays their portion, so he pays half, she pays half. So she splits the costs for half the trip, which makes her portion 25% of the $60 total, or $15.
I sucked at the anagrams, did ok on the analogies, and think I got most of the math and graphic ones right.
Not sure if it’s at all meaningful, but it’s kind of interesting.
I think that’s what it was called.
I read a while back about how in some people the act of taking a test has an effect on their performance. Not just nervousness, but many intelligent people consider this (or any) kind of test to be pointless and a huge waste of time.
Is this true?
While I agree in general that some people inflate their scores, I know (from the teacher leaving her book open) that two kids in my junior high homeroom had IQ scores of 160 and above.
You’re confusing results with capacity, btw. Having a high IQ might mean you are capable of great things, but in no way guarantees it. There are a fair number of GATE identified students who drop out.
If you had said 170 instead of 145, I might agree with you. But I know lots of people whose IQ is over 145 - some I’m sure of, some I suspect, but that is from the schools I went to and the jobs I’ve had.