Do you think IQ tests like the one in the link in the details are valid indicators of intelligence?

132.

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Not surprised you guys! Last time I took one of these tests, back in the 90’s, I scored 130. I should take it again when I’m a little less tired I think!

132 while being tickled on my feet with a feather & spoon fed chocolate ice cream

134.

It is not an indicator of intelligence as much as an indicator of how well you did on a small scale quiz. Not enough questions provided to differentiate as close as 6 or 8 points. And I’d really like to see the sample size to see if the collection of questions maps to a population mean of 100.

I’ve done this with my Facebook friends. Every one of us has gotten between 126 and 134.

I took it again and got 129, but I don’t know which question(s) I answered differently.

@zenvelo Well, we could repost what fb peeps get if they post it. Might tell us something.

Mensa has a test which I have never taken but it’s probably a better indicator of intelligence.

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I think we can deem this B.S. as we knew already. (I doubt I’m a genius) There really are no valid online IQ tests that I’m aware of.

There are many components to IQ and standard IQ tests have no measurement for creative intelligence. Intelligence is not about what you know, it is about HOW you think. Many academic failures by IQ standards are brilliant writers, artists, philosophers.
I don’t hold a lot of faith in IQ tests, everyone has strengths and weaknesses.

Don’t ask me to draw up the perfect specs. to design a home or anything else, but, give me free creative license and I have an uncanny ability to design, freestyle, going off visual alone, within inches of the most masterful blueprint.

I must be an idiot savant. lol

118… the I skipped the questions that require me to think and use valuable brain sugars. 2 minutes for the test. No I don’t find these tests helpful. I prefer the Star Trek surprise exams, like the one Wesley Crusher took in Star Fleet command when a explosion tested his ability to choose which person to save. The injured fat man or someone who looks life his father and was afraid to go to the door.

Which ones did you skip?

All of the middle ones, the find a pattern with pictures, and anything with numbers.

Having never done an IQ test before, I have nothing to compare it with but when it tells me I am in the top 5 % I think absolute bullshit!

No.

First of all, IQ tests do not test intelligence. They test IQ (intelligence quotient), which is hypothesized to be correlated to intelligence (and only a certain kind of intelligence). Indeed, this is a general problem with testing: it can only be used to test one’s ability and motivation to do the particular tasks on the test at that particular time. Thus even the best designed test can only give results that are indicative of whatever we’re actually interested in.

Second, “real” IQ tests take hours to administer, require a proctor/observer, and can only be scored by human judges. Therefore, any automated IQ test (such as one taken and scored online) will be invalid.

Well Mrs Squeeky scored higher than I did she got 134 I scored with @talljasperman 118

@SQUEEKY2 (((High Five))).

Well I took it again and scored 126 I can live with that.

I forgot to add, clearly not!

One of the Jellies posted a link on FB about this test – I am not sure which Jelly it was. Something about the test not being accurate, which I don’t doubt because it seems that nobody gets lower than 125.

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@jca Exactly. Most online IQ tests are exercises in flattery. Their goal is to get you to share your results (for bragging rights or whatever), thus drawing more traffic to the test site and its various advertisements.

@SavoirFaire Even the more “legit” ones end up simply trying to sell you something like a “certificate” or “IQ profile.” Total B.S. I have read that you can get a rough indication of your IQ from GRE or GMAT scores. I think unless it’s a proctored and $$ test it may as well be out of a fortune cookie. I don’t even think an actual IQ test says that much about your mental aptitude either. All it can do is give you a basic idea of how fast your mind works at that particular moment in time. If you have worked IQ type questions in the past I think it’s also invalid because you have adapted to them to some degree and will score artificially high. Even if you really have a high IQ that does not mean you will use it either. I know several people with high intelligence quotients that I would place in the “moronic” category simply for how they decided to use (or not use) their gifts.

@ARE_you_kidding_me I completely agree. That’s one reason I put “real” in quotes in my previous answer. I have serious doubts about the whole notion of IQ and IQ testing.

Follow up:

A friend on Facebook (who is a member of Mensa) purposely answered all of the questions wrong, and still scored 100. Since 100 is the defined mean of a valid IQ test, for this test to be at all accurate would mean the average person would get them all wrong.

@zenvelo Nice! So there we have it: empirical evidence that the test is severely flawed.

They’re bullshit, even moreso than most IQ tests which are already bullshit. They give high scores to make people feel smart. Everyone and their mother is currently boasting an IQ of 132 on Facebook right now. We can’t all be above average….that’s not how averages work.

I’m going to take it again and just answer without even thinking about it. I’ll post my score…
104. Pretty sure I answered them all wrong.

134, but there is no way I’m in the top 1% , IQ-wise. However, I don’t even believe in “legit” IQ tests.

This six year old had an IQ of 182.

These tests are not valid indicators of intelligence. for what it is worth I scored a 134.

Maybe the real test is whether you trust the test?~

Even though they’re just junk, I still like things like that. I like finding patterns and things.

I secretly enjoy them, too. Unless they’re just too horribly done ;)

It’s not a secret any more!

Shut up. My IQ is waaayyy higher than yours. ~

[I added the tilde to seem polite!]

LOL!

@Dutchess_III It’s worth noting that IQ does not operate on an absolute score and is supposed to be relative to age (that is, a 30 year old with an IQ of 100 is supposed to be much smarter than a 15 year old with the same IQ score). Therefore, a child with an IQ score of 182 is less impressive than an adult with the same score. It could just be that someone taught them math on a slightly advanced schedule.

Oh, no no no. Far from it @SavoirFaire. Read the wiki article about her. Her mother threw her and her little brother out of the car on a highway when she was 4 or 5. They were found clinging to a fence that separated the lanes. Things didn’t get any better after that, except she met Tory Hayden, her teacher and the author of the book. She was neglected and abused.

A high IQ is much easier for children to score. It does not take much for them to to get a little ahead for their age. They really are not valid at all in children.

@Dutchess_III I didn’t mean that particular kid. I just meant that in general we shouldn’t be too impressed that a young child has a high IQ score because (as @ARE_you_kidding_me has noted) it’s easier for a child to score high.

Now that I learned this text is a hoax, I no longer take any of those FB quizzes. There are so many now: Which US President are you most like, What blah blah blah, Which food blah blah blah.

Well, what they are are advertising targets. The more you take, the more the ads find out about you, and target you accordingly. Not exactly “hoaxes,” just misleading.