hahhah, I guessed every single one of them, and I still got a 97!

 

126 for me

 

orlando, you are a Visual Mathematician.

This means you are gifted at spotting patterns. This and your overall high intelligence make you good at understanding the big picture.

 

Your IQ score is 135

This number is the result of a formula based on how many questions you answered correctly on Emode's Ultimate IQ test. Your IQ score is scientifically accurate; to read more about the science behind our IQ test, click here.

During the test, you answered four different types of questions — mathematical, visual-spatial, linguistic and logical. We analyzed how you did on each of those questions which reveals how your brain uniquely works.

We also compared your answers with others who have taken the test. According to the sorts of questions you got correct, we can tell your Intellectual Type is a Visionary Philosopher.

This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others — and at anticipating and predicting patterns. And that's just some of what we know about you from your IQ results.


Yeah... me good at math... RIIIIIIGHT... this is already a sham.

 

Haha, yeah me too.

And if you get over 135, you're pretty much automatically a "Visual Philosopher." I guess visual is just a big thing for all smart people.

Or maybe because their picture questions are all friggin jokes. The square, vertical line, and dotted square question? What the hell was that? I stared at it for about a minute just because I thought there had to be something more to it...

 

"Your IQ score is scientifically accurate; to read more about the science behind our IQ test, click here."


ya sure it is that is why i scored a 124 on that test and the 5 previous REAL tests i took i scored at least 30 points higher.. and was in the 99.9x% overall.. hmm i say its a wonderful marketing tool.. haha look at all the people who signed up and gave them email addresses!

 

i got a 135

i chose coconut (reasons have been said above) and kangaroo

the thing about the test is that what makes one characteristic more important than another (the whole fruit thing)

 

136

-Gagan

 

Well, this test maxes out at 144 if you get every question right, and since there are only 40 questions, it's pretty obvious that it doesn't have the resolution to accurately predict a true IQ.

Add to that the fact that the answer choices for many questions are poorly selected and it's not surpising you scored significantly lower than you should.

 

Well it seems like they're making subjective judgments on characteristics, but the real and painfully obvious problem is that the testmakers have not screened the questions, and particularly the wrong answer choices, for valid possibilities. When they wrote the test, they thought it was watertight.

If they just replaced "mule" with any other 4-legged mammal (except maybe the monotremes) and coconut with another (any) fruit, the correct answer would not only be unambiguous, but the difficulty of the question would not be significantly altered.

Though they do not claim to measure IQ, standardized tests like the LSAT and GRE are EXTREMELY good at screening questions to ensure that only one answer is correct - at least in comparison to this test. I think emode is just way out of its league.

 

139
“Which doesn’t belong: coconut, grape, banana, apple, pear”
Grape, not only does it grow on vines, all the others on trees, but it is the smallest of the 5 as well.
Of course the coconut is hollow and doesn't contain seeds, and is hard, of which none of the others are.
So this one could easily go either way.

“Which doesn’t belong: kangaroo, mule, donkey, cow, deer”
Kangaroo is most right because not only does it walk on 2 legs, and have the longest name, but all the others have cloven hoofs.

In almost all of these tests, there are several correct categories for each item in a group. Your goal is to find the most correct or incorrect in multiple cases.

IQ really only measures your ability to solve problems and your awareness.
Oh and patience.
I found it was a handy measure of how well folks could solve computer service issues. Hi IQ, good problem solving skills. Average IQ, too hard to keep everything straight in your head and figure out what is wrong.
I don't think that is a universal rule though.

I find some of the questions to be a matter of education/memory more than intelligence.

I once scored very high on a science based IQ test. It was cool because it supposedly exposed you to common science issues that you shouldn't know about in high school.
Sort of gave you a quick overview and theory and then presented a problem.
This supposedly helped remove the education factor(since they were educating you) and got down to real intelligence (albeit with a scientific slant).
The week before we had gone over some nuclear reaction principles in physics class and I had done some extra reading.
It so happened that one of the basic theory, here's a problem, which of these answers is most likely the solution, was covered in what I read about.
Sheer luck pushed me up the genius ladder.

As to getting 97 on this test with only guessing, you proved their test to be valid.
If you guess them all you get around average intelligence which means getting them right requires more skill than average.
Or luck.

Emode must be linked with mensa, the snobbish intelligence club(you pay to be a member for being so smart - how smart is that?). If you look at the emode logo you can see the letters/symbols for mensa in it.

 

Well, I'm married to a clinical neuropsychologist, and she says that most IQ tests have some form of bias, regardless of how well they are vetted. Any IQ test that purports to be accurate with only 40 questions, untimed, is probabaly not THAT accurate. Their validity testing is probably accurate (depending on the statistical analysis), so I would say this is more general ballpark than "this is your ACCURATE IQ SCORE!" Then you run into the issue I mention later below, with cheating and test-practice adding a bias to their test results (which CAN be statistically accounted for, but I wouldn't be able to comment, since my wife is the statistics genius, not I).

There are psychological tests where one can extract a person's IQ (the MMPI, Minnesotta Multi-phasic Personality Inventory is one) that are far more accurate then these "IQ" tests. The MENSA IQ tests are 2 hours, timed, and involve hundreds of questions.

My only issue with online IQ tests is the cheating potential. You can always find someone who's taken the test and posted the answers. There is also the issue with test-practice, where a person retakes tests to improve their score. I wouldn't put TOO much weight on online IQ tests.

For those who are curious, I scored a 135, which, coincidentally, is what I scored on my very first IQ test years and years ago for school (and I considere THAT one inaccurate as well ). My wife puts me in the mid to hgh 130s, borderline 140s, but then there is some bias there, so that's not very accurate either. Your true IQ can't be had by taking tests online. I think this is a useful tool for getting a general ballpark figure. Just don't assume it's clinically accurate. If you really want a good measure of your IQ, take one of the MENSA proctored tests or have a clinical psychologist test it for you.

shadowcat

 

You may easily be correct as to the thinking of the testmakers, but again, the question is extremely poor because it does not account for the fact that the more you know about biology/genetics, the worse the "right" answer looks. In essence, "mule" should not have been an answer choice, and imo selecting it can arguably be demonstrating a higher IQ/problem solving capacity than going with the obvious kangaroo. Of course, that's just my opinion, but the very fact that the test allows this kind of debate proves its flaws.

 

I scored a 131. Kangaroo (only upright) and grape (only vine grown).

 

I had those answers for the same reasons. I got a 135.

I think this test is crapola... just to get you to buy the report. I've taken two other tests and they were 156 and 159, completely independent of eachother.

Of course... I've gotten WAY WAY WAY lazier since then

jsaon