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Subject:Re: writing tests are for wussies... From:"etymes -at- lts -dot- com" <etymes -at- lts -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 May 2002 10:43:47 -0700
No single organization "owns" the basis for an IQ test. There are
international psychometric organizations that determine the standards by
which an IQ test is considered properly normed, and Jan Henning
described that process. I watched a friend of mine go through the
process of getting a new test normed and accepted, and it took three
years and an incredible amount of work. The major professional
psychology associations keep lists of tests considered to be acceptable,
and most psychometrists use tests on those lists.
IQ tests vary in terms of the types of 'intelligence' they cover. Most
have several sections involving words, and usually at least one each
involving math and spatial relationships. Most organizations giving IQ
tests know better than to consider an IQ test a definitive measure of
one's overall intelligence - at best, it measures how well a person did
on THIS test at THIS time and date under THESE conditions. The same
person can get scores varying 20 points or more on the same test,
depending on a lot of testing and personal conditions. Finally, the
numeric score on one test isn't necessarily the same level as the
numeric score on another test (an IQ score of 133 on one test may be
equivalent to an IQ score of 143 on another) so most tests also report a
percentile score.
In a previous life, I proctored IQ tests for Mensa and had to answer
tons of questions from those taking the tests.
Elna Tymes
Los Trancos Systems
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