I'm looking for an IQ test.
This is usually a sign of low intelligence :-)
I'm aware of all the usual caveats & limitations and assorted doubts
about such things.

Notwithstanding, I have good enough reason to want such and,
unfortunately, I want it NOW.
Or, almost now - in fact within the next 16 hours or so would be OK.

Google has much to say on IQ tests, but much is rubbish and much that
may be accessible has people or delays in the loop. My hope is that
someone may know something which meets my spec and allow me to avoid
haystack searching.


The test needs to be

- Generally acknowledged as useful. (Mensa certified (whoever they are
:-) ) or whatever or otherwise rated by some official rater of such
things).

- Online accessible.

- Results available essentially immediately.

- Free would be nice but a sensible cost would be OK (say <=$US20 for
a certified test)

- Not too long to complete. Say up to 30 minutes would be OK.

- I'd prefer something which dealt rather less in shapes and patterns
and the like than Mensa tend to - but I'll take what comes. (I seem to
do pattern type tests about as well as expected for my putative IQ - I
just dislike them severely).

The test is for me. I'm going to see someone at the end of tomorrow
and IQ will feature peripherally. I know well enough what my IQ is and
how much or how little it signifies in various real world situations
(a lot or a little, depending vastly on circumstance). But I'd like to
be able to provide at least reference to a formal test, even if the
circumstances under which I took it were 'open loop" so there was no
proof that I didn't cheat. ie I can say I scored xxx on test yyy under
these circumstances, and they can make what they will of that.



        Russell McMahon






FWIW - I believe my IQ is about the same as the much maligned US
President. Despite the things frequently said about him, and despite
published claims that he has a tested and low IQ (fabricated
comparison tables have been promulgated), he is no dumb bunny. He may
act like a dumb bunny on occasions (don't we all) but he is smarter
than most Democrats,and, I hasten to add, than most Republicans :-).
ie his IQ is up in the higher percentiles. How high you can try to
determine for yourself. You may be surprised. Which, if I'm correct on
both counts, doesn't make me a genius, but does make me "smarter" than
most democrats and most republicans. Alas, or perhaps fortunately, IQ
alone isn't what counts in life.



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