What You Know About IQ Tests and their Scores?

“My IQ score is 139. Is it a good score?”

The like questions prove two things. First, there is a perception that a given figure as an IQ test score depicts the level of intelligence of the test giver. Second, many visitors think that IQ scores on every IQ test are equal in meaning and worth.

Incidentally, both perceptions about IQ tests are wrong.

Many other visitors have answered these issues either commenting on the questions or starting new pages. I shall try to add my two cents to their responses.

There are dozens of kinds of IQ tests starting from Wonderlic to Wechsler and many in between. But superficially there are two types:

1- The IQ tests offered on the internet.

2- The IQ tests offered offline.

Some very reputable companies in the industry have also been offering online IQ tests but most of the credible IQ tests are taken offline. Furthermore, there are rumors about IQ tests offered online that some unscrupulous money mongers boost up your scores to sell their reports. Whether rumors are correct or not, it is very much clear that such figure or scores don’t have any worth.

Leaving aside historical development of the IQ tests, no psychologist dares to declare your results as a measurement of your intelligence. What the most can be said is that you made such and such score at that particular moment. But that score is still useless unless interpreted properly.

1- What kind of test you have taken? Whether following some theory or just prepared to mint money on the internet?

2- Who has prepared the test? Whether some real psychologist or some con artist?

3- What is overall age of the test? Though new may not be problem if offered by some authentic company but old age test is more valuable because that has passed through many experiments.

4- What is average score of the test? Most of the tests offer average score as 100 (with standard deviation of 10) but it is not necessary.

5- How many times the test has been revised? If the test has revised for a number of times, it means the questions have been updated to the average level of mental sharpness of the latest period. If not revised for many years, that means you may score much higher on this test but still be average on another.

6- What sample has been taken for standardization? If an IQ test is verified on a small group of a specific community then it is useless for other communities. Similarly, if equal share of sample from men and women was not taken, the test is faulty.

7- Whether cultural impact of the questions has been analyzed or not? Many a tests claim that they are culture free tests. But question remains whether they have tested their questions or just guessing.

8- What is over all repute about the IQ tests you are targeting at? You can google the name of the test and the owner and you shall get many comments and views of the visitors about quality and worth of the scores.

If you are satisfied with answers to these questions about IQ tests that you have taken, you may think that your IQ score in a particular physical and mental state within the given time expresses just sharpness of your mind. You may take risk to read detailed report about your intelligence.

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