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Originally Posted by bukdez
pardon me?... My point is yeah, IQ tests are great, if you were raised in a home, and went to school, and were exposed to media... The tests, of which I have taken several, often only measure the IQ or potential IQ of a candidate that is subject to certain social and cultural factors that allow them to respond within or outside of the tests parameters... Essentially, a homeless, uneducated person could posses an IQ of over 140, but score very low on standard tests as they would lack the the ability to truly comprehend some of the questions...
Sorry if I phrased my earlier post in a poor manner, what I should have said is that although IQ tests do measure the potential of a select candidate in an accurate manner, they often cannot be representitive of the population at large...
therefore, my assertion that "IQ tests are suspect" should read "results of IQ averages are suspect", as the testing would only include those of certian social standings and levels of education...
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No. Newly designed tests do not take social or cultural standings into account
such that only five minutes describing their logic is necessary for everyone to
take them and have the same potential for success. The Wonderlic, in case I
wasn't already clear enough, is a bad example of a good IQ test, although it
has excellent norming due to the fact that millions of people worldwide have
taken a shot at it. There's a reason we have to test a large sample of the
general population in order to have accurate norms: otherwise, we would have
problems identifying anyone stuck on the far right of the bell curve. I'm sorry
you didn't know this, but it's all out there. Last bit: did you know they design
tests for different areas to avoid this "culture-loaded" problem ? I guess not.
If you were referring to online tests, I'm sorry I took the time to reply...
(Edit) PS. I apologize if I come off as being an ass: I'm tired of people
bashing something they hardly know about. The problem comes from a
special little site called Tickle/Emode, more usually mentioned than other
places. I took the time to read many of the APA articles, on top of having
a few discussions with shrinks and psychometricians, so I know about it.
No one would argue that a ruler measures distance (and height) because
we can clearly see how short or tall someone is. However, since intellect is
often concealed unless looked for, it's easier for people to misunderstand
how IQ testing works, even though the methods that were used to arrive
at an estimate are tried and true.