I used Googlejac006 said:How can you say that Einstien's i.q. was just above 160
Somebody does and they were kind enough to post answers!when we don't really know what it really was.
IQ is determined by age as well as test results... so if you were only in the 6th grade then I can believe that...It was roughly that of around 180-200. But we don't know. Again, this was one that a school administered to me. It was in the 6th grade, and...
the tests are supposed to be weighted so that most people appear in the 100 marker, as that is supposed to be average...
Maybe the numbers have changed... again, that's my results...
as for the quality of online tests... I think that this sums it up well...
Although online IQ tests have become wildly popular with the explosion of the internet in recent years, they are highly inaccurate. Comparing results among a large set of people shows a common factor: most scores are above 110. However, 100 is the average score for an IQ test by definition, in addition online IQ tests do not create an equal distribution of scores both above and below the average. Such tests measure very few people in the 70 to 90 range, and hence create a strong upward distortion. Such an upward distortion might however be reasonable in the skewed population of those online and interested in IQ. In addition, many of these websites do not show the results immediately but instead attempt to sell certificates showing the results.
Another theory of why these sites give such high IQ scores, is that if one received an IQ score that rated lower than average, they would be unlikely to tell their friends about the site, and the site would receive fewer hits.
So I would assume that my 140 score is more likely a 110 - 120 and the site lies to make it's self look good... or at least the site lies to make me look good.
Don't get me wrong... I'm no genius...