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What is on the GIQTest?
The GIQTest is an intelligence quotient (IQ) test that
consists of 5 sections. Each section measures a variety of components
that together make up a profile of general ability. The
GIQTest is modeled after modern clinical intelligence assessments.
How can you claim the GIQTest is the 'most accurate
and realistic' IQ test on the web?
The GIQTest is an online analog for the most common clinically proctored
IQ tests. In our internal study, the GIQTest correlated within about
4% of an individual's full scale score on a clinically proctored
IQ test. The GIQTest's sections are modeled after clinical IQ test
sections.
GIQTest Sections
| Picture Questions |
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| Measures: Nonverbal reasoning, simultaneous
processing, spatial visualization synthesis, visual processing |
| Vocabulary Questions |
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| Measures: verbal concept formation,
semantic cognition, long-term memory, richness of early environment,
intellectual curiosity |
| Recall Questions |
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| Measures: memory, sequential ability,
symbolic content, concentration |
| Relationship Questions |
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| Measures: verbal reasoning, conceptualization,
concept formation, semantic content |
| Arithmetic Questions |
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| Measures: memory, symbolic content,
reasoning |
How did you create
the GIQTest?
The GIQTest went through the
following process to create the most accurate online IQ Test:
| Researching clinical IQ Tests |
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- We examined the Stanford-Binet® 3rd and
5th edition, Raven's Progressive Matrices®, Kaufman
Brief Intelligence Test, CogAt, Reynolds Intellectual
Assessment Scales, Leiter International Performance Scale®,
WAIS®, and Cattell IQ assessments.
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| Creating
the GIQTest |
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- We choose to model our sections after clinical
IQ test sections that have the highest correlation to
g (general intelligence) and are implementable online.
- We created each section to have similar characteristics
to a corresponding clinical IQ test section.
- Each question was created independently by
the GIQTest team to measure specific aspects of intelligence.
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| Correlating
the Test |
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- We assembled a test group of over 50 users
that had taken a standardized IQ test.
- These users were administered the GIQTest
and their scores were compared.
- We correlated these scores section by section
and adjusted the GIQTest accordingly.
- Our final correlation has an r value greater
than .9.
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| Norming the Test |
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- The scoring algorithm was adjusted to match
with our testers' corresponding clinical IQ scores.
- Our research team performed a broad beta
test with Mensans and IQ takers from all over the globe.
- We compared these results and made some final
adjustments.
- The GIQTest V1.1 was content was finalized.
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| Creating the Test Engine |
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- The engine for the GIQTest is complex, it
allows for some fairly advanced question types and behaviors.
- The engine takes into account various factors
such as time taken, weighting, and question timing.
- Creating the full scale score requires statistical
modeling and a complex algorithm.
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| Creating the Reporting |
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- We created the report to provide the best
possible interpretation of your score online.
- Full scale score is accurate to within 4%
of clinically proctored IQ test.
We included all section scores, comparisons of abilities,
and strengths and weaknesses.
- Comparison of Verbal vs Performance intelligence
types.
- Describes the meaning if IQ scores.
- All analysis is modeled after practices in
interpreting the S-B® V as described in Essentials
of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (SB5) Assessment
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What does the GIQTest cost?
The GIQTest score and report cost $10. We use paypal for payment
fulfillment. However, anyone is free to take the GIQTest. We use
this 'street performer model', as it allow users to try our test
beforehand and only pay if they are satisfied with our test, and
their performance.
We charge for two main reasons.
1) We’re obviously trying to recoup some of the initial
cost of developing this test (over 1000 hours of research and
testing), not to mention bandwidth and hosting.
2) Our ongoing correlation and norming goals are best met if the
test taking effort is high.
What does my score on the GIQTest mean?
It means that if you took a clinically proctored IQ test, it is
very likely your score would be about the same as your GIQTest
score. (within 4% in our test group)
Why is the GIQTest the
best IQ test online?
The GIQTest exists solely to measure IQ for the users own personal
information. It was created from scratch to perform similarly
to the most used clinical IQ tests. This test is to a clinical
IQ test as an unofficial practice SAT is to the SAT.
Unlike some other online IQ tests:
- we do not get you to sign up and then charge your CC every
month
- we do not use our IQ test as a front for a matchmaking service
- we did not make up our test out of thin air and then claim
it is 'PhD Certified'
- we do not skew results to artificially increase customers'
scores
- we will not email you about anything other than the GIQTest
(or give away your address).
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