Each question is obviously about 3 pts... give or take... it may use a gradient scale
so they may not all be worth the same number of points, but there weren't 140
questions, so... But then it's a fundamental problem with the concept of IQ and IQ
tests/testing in general. It's comparing a collection of specific skills (those used
in certain types of games) which have little or nothing to do with one another and
trying to compare them on the same scale so they can cram them all into a single
number that in the strictest sense has no meaning...
Not to mention...
Which of these 5 doesn't belong: coconut, grape, banana, apple, pear ... So is it the
grape for its size, the banana for not being roundish or the coconut for being a nut?
... And how in the world does this have anything to do with measuring intelligence?
It's a matter of subjective interpretation.
Neil Postman did a good job of dissecting the IQ testing industry in the book
Technopoly also... He sites leaders in the IQ testing industry stating publicly that
they don't know what IQ tests measure, how they determine values, what those values
mean, or how they can be applied to things outside the IQ test. In other words: "we
don't know, we just work here". Must be nice tho, to get paid to pull pseudorandom
numbers out of your...
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I dunno. I got a 138, so clearly it's calibrated properly. :-)
I think I'd have done better if I'd really worked at it, but I'm sleepy
after lunch. :-\
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Andre Turrettini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:27 PM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: RE: procratinating
:
:
: hey!! same score here. I think its cheating.
: DRE
:
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:41 AM
: > To: CF-Community
: > Subject: RE: procratinating
: >
: >
: > Exact same score.
: >
: > Pity it lies about it being accurate (none are, particularly
: > ones this short), and doesn't tell you what scale it's using.
: >
: > > -----Original Message-----
: > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: > > Sent: 16 July 2003 16:59
: > > To: CF-Community
: > > Subject: procratinating
: > >
: > >
: > > http://www.emode.com/tests/uiq/
: > >
: > > 131 precision processor. Before coffee.
: > > (wanders off to find some)
: > >
: > > Dana
: > >
: > > But I don't make films
: > > But if I did they'd have a samurai - Bare Naked Ladies
: > >
: >
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