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You can improve your IQ score by taking lots of IQ tests (your "IQ" will slowly improve), and I don't consider IQ to be a good thing by itself.
by S4M 12y ago
You can improve your IQ score by taking lots of IQ tests (your "IQ" will slowly improve), and I don't consider IQ to be a good thing by itself.
- sz4kerto 12y agoNot really -- the IQ tests used by MENSA for example are quite reliable/stable. You can improve your result by 6-10 points with a lot of training, but that's usually the most that people can achieve.
- S4M 12y agoMaybe the reason MENSA's tests are reliable is that not many people are interested in joining MENSA - I am not denying that MENSA can be of interest, but its admittance would not be worth preparing IQ tests like crazy. On the other hand, if IQ tests were used for admissions in prestigious universities, you can bet some students will train specifically for IQ tests.
- skj 12y agoMaybe they'd all get a bit smarter as a result?
- bradleyjg 12y agoA standard deviation on IQ tests is 15 points. A 6-10 point improvement from the median represents a jump of 15.5 - 24.75 percentile rank. Even at the level MENSA is looking at, someone with a 10 point improvement could have a "true IQ" at just above the 95th percentile and qualify for their 98th percentile cutoff.