Q&A: Online IQ tests

[chaoticidealism]

Q: Where can I find a valid online IQ test?

A: It’s not really possible to get a valid IQ test online. They have to be administered and scored by humans because there are a lot of judgment calls involved, and a multiple-choice format simply doesn’t lend itself to that kind of thing

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More on overvaluing IQ

[ext_2030888]

Another related observation:

I've read that even if you buy into IQ tests, high values aren't needed to do excellent "Brain work". Apparently 110 is perfectly adequate for university, and 120 for nobel-quality research. Note both are within a standard deviation of each other.

Plus, grit (stick-to-it character) can be more important than IQ.

[bigmark243]

...1981 is old..? jeez, then I must be old..!

I think that IQ test's have a limited validity and scope... and grit has been accounted for more success than high IQ

[ext_2758483]

I don't get why people assume that because IQ isn't ridiculously precise means it's not really a valuable measurement. You don't even need that much precision, anyway

[chaoticidealism]

Your argument makes the assumption that IQ is an interval scale. It's not; it's ordinal. The difference between 100 and 110 has nothing to do with the difference between 110 and 120, for example.