Intelligence Quotient

[Daniel Newhouse]

What is Intelligence Quotient? Is it the same as a person's weight?

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

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[Moral Orel]

It's your intelligence age / your actual age. If you have a 100 IQ, you're exactly as smart as you should be for how old you are. How well it describes intelligence is highly debatable, but that's how it works.

 

[4x4toy]

What is Intelligence Quotient? Is it the same as a person's weight?

Let's say yes Daniel and mine is over 200 easy

 

[MoneyGuy]

Let's say yes Daniel and mine is over 200 easy

In total? I'd buy that.

 

[Sabertooth]

It's your intelligence age / your actual age. If you have a 100 IQ, you're exactly as smart as you should be for how old you are. How well it describes intelligence is highly debatable, but that's how it works.

That's an old-school method of calculating IQ. When it was used, it was only valid up to a physical age of 16yo.

@Wayholka 's post describes the current method.

 

[Daniel Newhouse]

Is there a way of measuring it with hearing acuity?

 

[seeking.IAM]

Classification of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV

IQ Range ("deviation IQ") IQ Classification
130 and above Very Superior
120–129 Superior
110–119 High Average
90–109 Average
80–89 Low Average
70–79 Borderline
69 and below Extremely Low

 

[drjean]

It does depend upon which test you take...or tests within a standard.
Back when I scored there were not so many variances.

I don't like all the variables nowdays... it's the NWO's way to make everyone the same (you know the folks, they are the ones who took away critical thinking and no-score ball games, gave participation ribbons to all?)

For most though, 130 or higher is genius.

 

[Sabertooth]

For most though, 130 or higher is genius.

130 is the minimum requirement for Mensa. It is based on a bell curve/mathematical concept known as a standard deviation. The modern s.d. = 15 points.

All previous IQ tests measured the same quality, but they used different numbers/scales to do so. They can all be converted to a common scale.

 

[Dave-W]

130 is the minimum requirement for Mensa. I

Maybe that has changed. I scored about 120 IQ when tested in high school, but also scored a 98 percentile on my PSAT/NMSQT.

Being in the top 2% on a national standardized test also qualified one for Mensa. I got their invitation, but turned them down.

 

[joshua 1 9]

What is Intelligence Quotient? Is it the same as a person's weight?

IQ starts on the low end of the scale when a person is smart enough to use a toilet. It ends at the high end of the scale when they are too smart to be able to tie their shoes. Ie the absent minded professor is so lost in thought that they can not function in a normal way. (Einstein Syndrome: The mind is so involved in one area of thinking that they neglect some more basic areas of thinking.) It does not help that we live in a day and age of high specialization and individualized learning and people tend not to get a well rounded education and understanding.

 

[Daniel Newhouse]

Who archives official IQ scores?

 

[Sabertooth]

Who archives official IQ scores?

It depends on where they are tested. Medical test results are part of your medical record, like your other stats. Non-medical test results, like Mensa, might be kept by the providing organization (for eligibility purposes).

On-line results are not likely kept by anyone (because of the server space it would require).

 

[Dave-W]

Who archives official IQ scores?

There is nothing official about IQ scores, and there is no archive of them. Whoever administered the test may or may not have kept them.