Having been tested by many tests, I have to say this one has the be one of the most inaccurate. I know I’m probably talking about issues that have been brought up to everyone’s attention long time ago, but I feel the need to give my (hopefully constructive) criticism.

Firstly I was struck by the amount of items; only six items of which first three measured general knowledge, one measured spatial reasoning and the last two measured reading comprehension and mathematical abilities. Now, to say that this test is completely rubbish is of course false; it’s just that for that amount of items the item types vary too much. For instance, a person who has scored e.g. above the 95th percentile on a standardized IQ test might very well get a poor score on this one for following reasons:

#1 General knowledge does not automatically correlate with general intelligence
#2 Knowledge in (simple) mathematics does not automatically correlate with general intelligence
#3 The test is in English: surely biased towards people who speak English as their native language - yet it is scored the same manner for native speakers and non-native speakers

I am an advocate of so called culture-fair IQ tests. I know to a certain extent that 100 % culture-fair tests do not exist; even when we are talking about abstract figures. Having said this, I still think there could be some room for improvement; more items, less clearly biased items and possibly a time limit (if not, then the items should be significantly harder).

Also I must ask: if iQcuties is a community for ”above average” people, then isn’t anyone above the mean (=100) eligible to join? I didn’t find any percentile requirements, hence the question.

Aiamano, part of one’s level of intelligence is the speed at which any information is processed, hence the need for time limits on an IQ test.

Couple of people mentioned customizing a test (or at least the English section of it) to non-native speakers of the language. English is my second language, and at times, I feel I’m at a disadvantage while taking an IQ test, and that is always my lowest scoring portion of such test. I can’t say though, that there could be any questions that would accurately pinpoint me as a non-native speaker, other than perhaps some containing, what I refer to as, ’five dollar words’. Knowledge of those is, however, usually acquired through higher education, and that is not supposed to be part of the evaluation process.

I can’t say that I remember the questions from this site’s test, as I have taken it probably a year ago, but I’m pretty sure it didn’t seem that much different from any other test I’ve taken. Now, however, it only has 6 questions…..weird questions….that without certain academic level, one could not answer correctly.
How about taking some ideas from Mensa’s tests or from IQTest.com?

Two major remarks. Assuming the same variety of questions the number of them need to increase by factor 3. Secondly given a realistic view of a serious test the performance figure should be given e.g.a 115 < IQ < 125.

Benchmark of results should also be logged by the admin

there is no reason that the test needs to be limited to one hour or less. why not have each section be an hour or less and allow members to take the test an hour at a time? I thought this site was for smart people? book knowledge should be left out.

Briton, I agree with you: The test is not the best. I wanted it to have a small amount of questions but also test a diverse set of knowledge and ability. The art question is a bit esoteric, but, then again, the geometry question is equally foreign to some. There will be a new test soon, so I look forward to hearing ideas from this group.