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draven Forums Junkie I supported Toymods Location: Epping, Sydney Registered: May 2002	Re: IQ test Wed, 19 November 2003 06:50 ok, I guess I'm designated to make a post on this. First of all, IQ does not equal intelligence. IQ tests attempt to measure intelligence, but invariably fail to draw upon all facets of what makes a person smart (for example, an autistic child who has an IQ of 150, but is massively deficient in many areas; and also people such as street-side vendors, who typically score 100 or below, but in terms of ability in simple mathematics (giving change for a purchase) are more talented than most people in the world). Next, the most recognised IQ test (the WAIS), is only able to be administered individually, and takes a LONG time (more than the attention span of your average person to watch a crappy TV show trying to get ratings). The other two highly recognised tests for intelligence are the SAT and the GRE (basically a harder version of the SAT), and these can be administered to groups, but once again the medium of television is a VERY shitty way to present the sort of material that is typically required in an IQ test, and there is buggerall control on the environment. **for example, if you by chance ate a pack of jelly babies before the IQ test show, then you could expect to score up to 5 points more than if you hadn't!!** Getting past that - Initially, IQ tests were designed to have a mean score of 100, and a standard deviation of 15. I dont know anything about last night's test(someone said SD of 10, and I'll assume that's correect. Stupid, but correct), but in actual fact average IQ has iincreased from the original 100, to what is now close to 110. I'd also like to add that people who spent the day at work and were tired at the end of the day would score worse than lazy bums who enjoyed a relaxing day reading the paper. On various "popular" (read: not psychological) and also on valid intelligence tests, I have scored anywhere from 123 to 168. Finally, remember last night was a good excuse for ratings. Have some fun with the numbers, but dont go gloating just because you got 120 - the test may just be tapping your strengths. Equally, if you did shithouse your abilities may lay elsewhere. hope that made sense - am pretty exhausted, just tried to make something coherent for people to read [Updated on: Wed, 19 November 2003 08:04] [Report message to a moderator]

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	Re: IQ test	Caledwvech	Wed, 19 November 2003 02:58
	Re: IQ test	EVOSTi	Wed, 19 November 2003 00:58
	Re: IQ test	SIMDOG	Wed, 19 November 2003 01:29
	IQ test cynic	gianttomato	Wed, 19 November 2003 01:51
	Re: IQ test	CLG	Wed, 19 November 2003 01:56
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Wed, 19 November 2003 01:51
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Wed, 19 November 2003 01:58
	Re: IQ test	gianttomato	Wed, 19 November 2003 02:23
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Wed, 19 November 2003 02:29
	Re: IQ test	ed_ma61	Wed, 19 November 2003 02:31
	Re: IQ test	gianttomato	Wed, 19 November 2003 02:33
	Re: IQ test	clubagreenie	Fri, 21 November 2003 11:29
	Re: IQ test	ed_ma61	Wed, 19 November 2003 02:18
	Re: IQ test	Cyber-punk	Wed, 19 November 2003 22:36
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Wed, 19 November 2003 22:42
	Re: IQ test	draven	Thu, 20 November 2003 01:33
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Wed, 19 November 2003 02:36
	Re: IQ test	gianttomato	Wed, 19 November 2003 02:39
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Wed, 19 November 2003 02:44
	Re: IQ test	gianttomato	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:05
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:20
	Re: IQ test	gianttomato	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:24
	Re: IQ test	MIKE_JZA70_TYPE_R	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:11
	Re: IQ test	Caledwvech	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:09
	Re: IQ test	Caledwvech	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:15
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:22
	Re: IQ test	Caledwvech	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:26
	Re: IQ test	MIKE_JZA70_TYPE_R	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:29
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:33
	Re: IQ test	Caledwvech	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:33
	Re: IQ test	MIKE_JZA70_TYPE_R	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:37
	Re: IQ test	MIKE_JZA70_TYPE_R	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:38
	Re: IQ test	Caledwvech	Wed, 19 November 2003 03:40
	Re: IQ test	Alchemist	Wed, 19 November 2003 05:10
	Re: IQ test	MIKE_JZA70_TYPE_R	Wed, 19 November 2003 05:26
	Re: IQ test	bbaacchhyy	Wed, 19 November 2003 07:11
	Re: IQ test	gianttomato	Wed, 19 November 2003 07:59
	Re: IQ test	draven	Wed, 19 November 2003 06:50
	Re: IQ test	SIMDOG	Wed, 19 November 2003 10:59
	Re: IQ test	MIKE_JZA70_TYPE_R	Thu, 20 November 2003 01:35
	Re: IQ test	SIMDOG	Thu, 20 November 2003 01:47
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Thu, 20 November 2003 22:41
	Re: IQ test	EVOSTi	Thu, 20 November 2003 05:16
	Re: IQ test	Caledwvech	Thu, 20 November 2003 05:23
	Re: IQ test	draven	Thu, 20 November 2003 05:29
	Re: IQ test	nup_4ac	Thu, 20 November 2003 12:24
	Re: IQ test	draven	Thu, 20 November 2003 13:25
	Re: IQ test	Cyber-punk	Fri, 21 November 2003 00:22
	Re: IQ test	SupraPete	Fri, 21 November 2003 01:35
	Re: IQ test	nup_4ac	Fri, 21 November 2003 01:46
	Re: IQ test	Cyber-punk	Fri, 21 November 2003 02:52
	Re: IQ test	EVOSTi	Fri, 21 November 2003 04:48
	Re: IQ test	Evil_Foetus	Sat, 22 November 2003 04:29
	Re: IQ test	gianttomato	Mon, 24 November 2003 04:16
	Re: IQ test	draven	Sat, 22 November 2003 05:06
	Re: IQ test	Evil_Foetus	Sat, 22 November 2003 05:13
	Re: IQ test	Evil_Foetus	Mon, 24 November 2003 07:55

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