Sharing IQ Scores: The Ethics and Implications

[JackRohr]

I am doing a project for my school and was curious if people would be willing to share their IQ's if they have been officially tested, their job, and ethnic background.

 

[JackRohr]

IQ's

Any additional information would be helpful but not necessary.

 

[collinsmark]

The mean (average) IQ is 100. The standard deviation is 15. What's more to know?

 

[leroyjenkens]

Mine is about the internet average, which is 130.

 

[collinsmark]

Mine is about the internet average, which is 130.

I think somebody's fooling you. (The "Internet average", that is.)

 

[xxChrisxx]

I've never been tested, but I estimate it at approximately 6000.

 

[JackRohr]

I am studding

 

[JackRohr]

Sorry presses send on accident. I am studying IQ clumping and weather ethnic background matters. The "average" doesn't apply everywhere.

 

[leroyjenkens]

I got a 77 on my IQ test. C+, so not too bad.

 

[Sayajin]

I've never been tested, but I estimate it at approximately 6000.

Weak... Mine is over 9000!

 

[WannabeNewton]

85 jerry! An 85 iq!

 

[JackRohr]

Can you please take this seriously?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

IQ: 185
Occupation: IQ test scorer.
Ethnic Background: Cretan.

 

[micromass]

When I was first tested, I had an IQ of 250. But then I (accidently) heard a Nicki Minaj song, and now I'm down to 60

 

[Borg]

Mine is currently being contested in court.

 

[Evo]

Sorry presses send on accident. I am studying IQ clumping and weather ethnic background matters. The "average" doesn't apply everywhere.

Have you contacted groups like mensa to see if they offer the demographics?

 

[Pengwuino]

Sorry presses send on accident. I am studying IQ clumping and weather ethnic background matters. The "average" doesn't apply everywhere.

Me thinks you might not know what an average is.

 

[Mute]

I am doing a project for my school and was curious if people would be willing to share their IQ's if they have been officially tested, their job, and ethnic background.

I would suggest you look into Evo's suggestion of seeing whether or not an organization like Mensa has data on this. There are a number of problems with asking a bunch of strangers on the internet - reliability (you're hoping the people who respond seriously at all are telling the truth), sample size (you're not likely to get enough replies to make a solid conclusion), skew (people on a physics forum probably don't represent the general population), etc.

An organization like Mensa will have gathered much more data and will probably have taken care to examine and eliminate at least some of these issues plaguing the statistics.

You could still add your own small survey, but be aware that it likely won't reflect larger and more careful studies.

I've never had my IQ tested, so I can't help you with that question.

When I was first tested, I had an IQ of 250. But then I (accidently) heard a Nicki Minaj song, and now I'm down to 60

If that's how much damage a Nicki Minaj song does to IQ, then I should have flunked out of grad school several times over by now! =P Either that, or I started with a much higher IQ than I thought I had...

 

[Kholdstare]

Weak... Mine is over 9000!

Ha! I beat you two single-handed. Mine is 20,000. JackRohr, don't forget to mention me.

 

[jobyts]

No formal testing on my IQ is done.

For the first 27 years, my mom told I've an IQ of 200. The next 12 years, my wife suggested my IQ is around 70. So my average IQ is (200*27 + 70*12)/39 = 160.

I've a feeling my average IQ will be coming down in the coming years.

 

[DiracPool]

Can you please take this seriously?

I know people, I mean OMG! This question is like the intellectual's equivalent of taking your clothes off. "You can't see that!" So here you go, I'm going to bare it all...133.

I know, pretty weak, but it was taken when I was in 5th grade. That's the only one I took. This was in Ventura, Ca. in the late 70's. What was cool about it, though, was that it was high enough to put me in a couple programs where they took me out of school a couple times a week. One was called MGM, mentally gifted minors, and the other was ELO, educational learning opportunity. I got bussed to another school with all the brains which was cool because all we did was sit around and play games all day. Living on "the avenue" in Ventura I spent most of my time trying not to get my butt kicked during the normal school days, so that was a welcomed retreat. I think I'm higher than 133, though, fer sure, I'm just too chicken to get retested.

 

[PeteyCoco]

Sorry presses send on accident. I am studying IQ clumping and weather ethnic background matters. The "average" doesn't apply everywhere.

You'd need a rather large sample size to get any useful data for that kind of study. As said above, look to see if an organization like Mensa has the data you need. On a side note, what are you expecting to get from this study? It seems like it could upset some people if the data you collect/use has some skew.

 

[micromass]

I know people, I mean OMG! This question is like the intellectual's equivalent of taking your clothes off. "You can't see that!" So here you go, I'm going to bare it all...133.

I know, pretty weak

It's better than Feynman

 

[Chi Meson]

If you searched PF for "Mensa" and "IQ" you will get a good idea of our collective opinion on the whole "IQ" thing. In short, the consensus is that an IQ score measures a person's ability to take a standardized IQ test.

Here's what you are asking for: I was tested in 6th grade by a guy who came to my school and we did this whole string of tests (that I retroactively realized was in one of those 2-way mirror rooms). I was pegged at 155. Less than 10 years later I was failing Quantum 2. I teach High School Physics. I never went into space. Are you happy now? *cry*

However, I AM a master of Tiny Wings, and it took less than 1 week to beat the game at Train Yard (including all bonus puzzles). Dig me!

 

[Jim Kata]

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.

Albert Einstein

 

[micromass]

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.

Albert Einstein

 

[DiracPool]

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.

Albert Einstein

Is it me, or does this make any sense?

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

mines tis many!

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_557/129010382582FY9H.jpg

 

[Curious3141]

I am studding

Always good to get those high IQ genes out there into the gene pool, eh?

 

[Curious3141]

Me thinks you might not know what an average is.

"Average" is defined as that thing that at least 99% of people believe they're above.

 

[Curious3141]

Touché, you just pwn3d Einie.

 

[drizzle]

"Average" is defined as that thing that at least 99% of people believe they're above.

 

[FreeMitya]

"Average" is defined as that thing that at least 99% of people believe they're above.

You went there.

To the OP: it's becoming harder and harder to find people who take IQ scores seriously (but I don't get out much so keep that in mind). Moreover, my best guess is that most people, even on these boards, have never been tested. That being said, you're unlikely to get a satisfactory response. I know I've never been tested, but I would say mine is roughly (100¹⁰⁰)¹⁰⁰.

 

[micromass]

OK, it's time to get serious now.

I have seen a psychologist to get my IQ tested. She said that it was at least \aleph_2. I will have to return to her one day to get a more precise score.

 

[Jorriss]

I don't think I've ever seen someone on the internet claim to have < 130.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

I don't think I've ever seen someone on the internet claim to have < 130.

I scored a 129 once. Granted, I was blindfolded, but whatever.

 

[micromass]

I scored a 129 once. Granted, I was blindfolded, but whatever.

I scored 122 once, but I was trying to score as low as I could.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

Weak... Mine is over 9000!

The US Congress has you beaten. It's collective IQ has been estimated at at least 10,000, but that's divided among 535 members!

 

[Curious3141]

I scored 122 once, but I was trying to score as low as I could.

I scored that too, but it was in base-16, because someone had put a HEX on me.

 

[JackRohr]

I am a member of Mensa but that is not what I am looking for. I have put this on many message boards to see if iq's follow trends on different sites.

 

[micromass]

The US Congress has you beaten. It's collective IQ has been estimated at at least 10,000, but that's divided among 535 members!

OK, but "over 9000" doesn't mean "under 10000"

 

[Sayajin]

The US Congress has you beaten. It's collective IQ has been estimated at at least 10,000, but that's divided among 535 members!

I just said that its over 9000 but we don't know which number from (9000 ;\infty ) it is.
The reason for this is because when I mesure something and the mesurement says it passes the number 9000 my natural reaction is to grab the tool in my hand and smash it screaming "It's over 9000!" .

 

[BobG]

mines tis many!

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_557/129010382582FY9H.jpg

Mine is also so low that I can count it on my fingers and toes.

 

[SW VandeCarr]

I just said that its over 9000 but we don't know which number from (9000 ;\infty ) it is.
The reason for this is because when I mesure something and the mesurement says it passes the number 9000 my natural reaction is to grab the tool in my hand and smash it screaming "It's over 9000!" .

I'm glad you explained that.

 

[micromass]

I'm glad you explained that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiMHTK15Pik

 

[Kholdstare]

The US Congress has you beaten. It's collective IQ has been estimated at at least 10,000, but that's divided among 535 members!

I've beaten US congress. My superior IQ of 20000 is far greater than them.

 

[nobahar]

I've never been tested, but I estimate it at approximately 6000.

IQ: 185
Occupation: IQ test scorer.
Ethnic Background: Cretan.

I love you both.

 

[NemoReally]

I don't think I've ever seen someone on the internet claim to have < 130.

According to my first IQ test, taken age 16, it's 80 ... which amazed some of my friends as they were convinced it would be lower ... much lower. Oddly, I can remember my thought processes during this test.

"what is the next number in the sequence: 1, 2, 3, 4?" <instantaneous 5 flashed into my head and was equally promptly dismissed from consideration> Hmm. Gosh, I haven't a clue. It could be any of a number of sequences. I guess as it's an IQ test, it must be a really tricky one. ... Nope, can't think what it might be. Let's try the second one.
"what is the missing number: 4 9 16 .. 36? <instantaneous 25 etc ...> Ooh, these are a lot harder than I thought. I wonder how X got into Mensa? ... never mind, let's try number three.

After many such miserable failures, I kind of gave up trying to answer the questions and just put down the first thing that popped into my head. It was only when I looked at the answers, and saw that my "obvious", no-brainer answers were actually the correct ones, that it dawned on me that the average IQ was unlikely to be 100 if the questions were really as hard I thought they had to be. At which point, I glumly had to agree with my friends' assessments of my intelligence, because if I really was clever I'd have worked that out long before.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

There are different IQ scales, with significantly different standard deviation. The Cattell scale is widely used here and has a standard deviation of 24 rather than 15 or 16.

When I joined Mensa they told me that I'm in the top 0.5%. I originally thought that was effectively an estimate of my position on the scale, but much later I heard that all scores higher than some fixed threshold are given that result, as the standard test cannot meaningfully distinguish higher levels accurately. (They did offer a higher level test but I wasn't interested).

 

[Sayajin]

The most interesting question is what exactly IQ tests are measuring.