So I was looking at a friend's MySpace profile, and on it he had posted his results from "A Quick and Dirty IQ Test" - and so I took it. Now, let me say first off that I was far from expecting a perfect assessment of my IQ from an untimed 16 question quiz, but I ended up with a 135, which is actually right about where I've been on nearly every online IQ test I've taken over the past few years. Anyway, normally I would have been just fine with that score and gone on my merry way - until I saw the details of the results:
quote:Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Genius
Weird, right? So I started toying around with the answers and eventually got as high as 140 - but still "Below Average" in Logical Intelligence. I spent another ten minutes at least trying to figure it out, and then it finally dawned on me.
So let's see who else can figure it out. Post your results and comments before looking at anyone else's and before reading the following...
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Aside from the dirty little trick they play on those expecting more from the results, it seems to me there are issues with at least two of the questions. The answer to #2 seems to be the trunk full of nickels, but a dime is less than half the size of a nickel, so as far as I can tell the answer should be the half trunk of dimes. And as for #3,while I did choose the correct option ("If Jody doesn't go to jail, she paid her ticket"), I can think of at least one scenario where this wouldn't necessarily be true - if she died before paying her ticket (okay that's a bit of a stretch, but still).
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Maybe they didn't write their test correctly.
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
If you got one "logical intelligence" question wrong for some random reason, that could probably change it from genius to below average...Since presumably there are only 4 questions in each category... And your complaint about #3 is not valid...It's obvious what the answer is.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
You are in very excellent company. My logical intelligence is also below average. Probably because it isn't all that logical to waste time on a test like this. Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tara: And your complaint about #3 is not valid...It's obvious what the answer is.
Well, I was half joking, but I still think it's technically valid. Why do you disagree?
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Probably because it isn't all that logical to waste time on a test like this.
Exactly. Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
quote:Originally posted by rollainm:
quote:Originally posted by Tara: And your complaint about #3 is not valid...It's obvious what the answer is.
Well, I was half joking, but I still think it's technically valid. Why do you disagree?
Well, of course she could die before paying her ticket. She could also get abducted by aliens, thrown down a well, locked in a broom closet, or stuck in Narnia. But there are only three choices available, and only one of them makes sense. So you click that one. Honestly. Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
And if it said to choose the best answer I'd completely agree. But it says "Which other statement must be true?" Not only that, but one of the things supposedly being judged is logic, so I'm even more convinced now that my complaint is perfectly valid.
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
Well then have fun hacking into their system and typing in your own answers. Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Yeah, except that she can't die or get kidnapped by aliens or any such thing, or the first statement wouldn't be true either.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tara: Well then have fun hacking into their system and typing in your own answers.
But that would prove your logical intelligence is below average-- because the logical thing to do would be to say, "This test is stupid and wrong," and ignore it. Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Her dead body could be put in an alien jail.
Tara, My point was just that the test has flaws. I'm just having fun with it, really, and I thought others might as well.
Personally, I think my loophole is rather amusing.
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
I was having fun too. Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by rollainm: Her dead body could be put in an alien jail.
Good point. Then again, in that case the third answer would still be right.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
I call shenanigans on this test! I only got 120 on it, but I was tested by a psychologist just six months ago and got 143.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, they deduct one standard deviation for being dumb enough to take the test in the first place.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
I came up with a 100. Ha!
I have a couple questions about the test. So stop reading if you're going to take it but haven't. * * * * * I mean it. * * * * * I know Italy started out as an Axis power in WWII but got conquored by the Allies. And I know China got invaded by the Japanese and was certainly not on the Axis side. Which one was officially an Ally?
Also, which language did they want? I think I used the wrong definition of widely spoken. I said Chinese because it is largely spoken in China itself while the other languages stretch across multiple continents each. I'm guessing they actually wanted the number of speakers, in which case it's poorly worded.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mike:
quote:Originally posted by rollainm: Her dead body could be put in an alien jail.
Good point. Then again, in that case the third answer would still be right.
How so?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
If you get upset by an on-line 16 question IQ test results, that in itself means [quote]Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average[/quote}
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
True...
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by rollainm:
quote:Originally posted by Mike:
quote:Originally posted by rollainm: Her dead body could be put in an alien jail.
Good point. Then again, in that case the third answer would still be right.
How so?
The statements are logically equivalent. At least, they are if you ignore the sloppy use of tense and the usual addition of caveats that we, as English speakers, tend to add to our interpretation of absolute statements.
But if you're going to allow Jody to be jailed after dying or being abducted by aliens in order to make the given statement true, then you're making the answer statement true as well.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
The test claims Hindi is the least "widely spoken" language. I don't know how they can claim that given the population of India unless they mean geographically.
I'm up to 140 but I still haven't figured out the last one.
AJ
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
(accidental double post)
Posted by The Reader (Member # 3636) on :
quote:Your IQ Is 130 Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Above Average
That may indeed be a reference to taking a 16 question IQ test online.
Or I am too smart for a mortal quiz to understand my stupendously complex and devilish logic. Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Any test that tells me that my mathematical intelligence is Genius has got some serious flaws, I'm sad to say.
quote: The test claims Hindi is the least "widely spoken" language.
Where did you find the correct answers? (maybe that's where my logical intelligence is lacking!)
Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
quote:Originally posted by Uprooted:
quote: The test claims Hindi is the least "widely spoken" language.
Where did you find the correct answers? (maybe that's where my logical intelligence is lacking!)
Keep submitting a different answer to the question until you see your IQ level change.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by Uprooted: Any test that tells me that my mathematical intelligence is Genius has got some serious flaws, I'm sad to say.
Hehe. Ditto. Honestly, I'm nowhere near "genius" in any of those categories.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mike:
quote:Originally posted by rollainm:
quote:Originally posted by Mike:
quote:Originally posted by rollainm: Her dead body could be put in an alien jail.
Good point. Then again, in that case the third answer would still be right.
How so?
The statements are logically equivalent. At least, they are if you ignore the sloppy use of tense and the usual addition of caveats that we, as English speakers, tend to add to our interpretation of absolute statements.
But if you're going to allow Jody to be jailed after dying or being abducted by aliens in order to make the given statement true, then you're making the answer statement true as well.
Ehh...
Okay. You win.
This time...
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
English is the least spoken. I believe.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
I voted the Hindi, because there are so many variations of it that are spoken, but I am not sure about true Hindi.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by rollainm:
quote:Originally posted by Mike:
quote:Originally posted by rollainm:
quote:Originally posted by Mike:
quote:Originally posted by rollainm: Her dead body could be put in an alien jail.
Good point. Then again, in that case the third answer would still be right.
How so?
The statements are logically equivalent. At least, they are if you ignore the sloppy use of tense and the usual addition of caveats that we, as English speakers, tend to add to our interpretation of absolute statements.
But if you're going to allow Jody to be jailed after dying or being abducted by aliens in order to make the given statement true, then you're making the answer statement true as well.
Ehh...
Okay. You win.
This time...
Eh, that's ok, you can win this time if you want. Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Well, I just took that web tickle test:
Congratulations, Jonathan! Your IQ score is 140
Your Intellectual Type is Visionary Philosopher. This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others — and at anticipating and predicting patterns. And that's just some of what we know about you from your IQ results.
Eh, closer to the official one than before. Of course, I was watching Hot Fuzz while taking it... then again, I was recovering from the flu when I took the official one. Meh.
Anyway, I have always preferred web tickle, if one is to take an online IQ test. How bout that one instead?
Edit: I do like that I got philosopher though. Seems fitting, considering that is my major.
Edit2: Eh, besides which, I am not exactly sure how they would measure IQ with that type of test, past a certain point. Most of the questions seemed rather simple. In fact, all of them. Meh.
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