Average IQ of this community

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[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Picking option C the entire time nets you an 81.

Seems like these tests always want you to pick the answer they expect. However, multiple correct answers could be justified in my opinion.

[–]SoylentCapitalist[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

However, multiple correct answers could be justified in my opinion.

The test itself is normed among a large sample. If there is any ambiguity in certain items, yet 85% get it right and you're part of the 15% who got it wrong, multiple correct answers aren't really justified.

[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

"The majority result is the true correct answer" is not a valid argument.

For example, if I give the sequence 1, 2, 3,... Some people might think the next number is 4 while others might think 5 because it could be the Fibonacci sequence. If your IQ is as high as you say it is then you probably could see how a very intelligent person with a high IQ score might think the correct answer to a sequence of eight red balls is a blue ball.

[–]SoylentCapitalist[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

if I give the sequence 1, 2, 3,... Some people might think the next number is 4 while others might think 5 because it could be the Fibonacci sequence.

Problems on a good IQ test such as TRI-52, WAIS, and Stanford-Binet aren't designed to be ambiguous like that. A lot of time, money, effort, and education goes into the creation of these standardized exams.

As for Mensa Denmark I do actually somewhat regret posting it here, but few people would have taken a 2 hour test like TRI-52 right away. Mensa Denmark does, however, at least have norms.

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

a good IQ test [...] aren't designed to be ambiguous like that.

My point is it doesn't matter what sequence or pattern is proposed in the question, any answer can be extrapolated from the data. Those tests only test how well one thinks like the person who wrote the test.

Although one could argue that thinking like others is a sign of intelligence (in the only meaningful way intelligence could ever be useful).