I took the IQ test in the extra questions section. I clicked “submit” long before the time ran out, even when I knew I was essentially guessing on some of the questions, because I had gotten sick of the damn thing. My score came back a 122, which pissed me off because I’m fairly sure my real IQ is higher than that.
Then I realized this may be a good metaphor for my life. In the future, when asked my IQ, I’ll respond, “I don’t know, but my lack-of-patience-adjusted IQ is about 120.”
At first I wondered whether the test adjusts either direction for lack-of-patience; and then I realized I could run an experiment.
There don’t appear to be any points granted for finishing early; I just took the test three times, guessing randomly as fast as possible, and scored 93 first then <79 (what appears to be the lowest score possible) twice and 93 the third time, and then took the test a fourth time, guessing randomly at a rate of 1 question/minute (finishing with 1 minute to spare), and got 83. This appears to reject the hypothesis that finishing early boosts your score (or, inversely, taking more time lowers your score).
Though… V whfg ernyvmrq vg qbrfa’g nccrne gb inel gur cbfvgvba bs gur nafjref ba frcnengr nggrzcgf, fb n zber gubebhtu grfg jbhyq hfr n cerqrgrezvarq frdhrapr bs nafjref gung fbzrgvzrf erfhyg va na VD nobir 79, naq inel gur gvzr gb pbzcyrgr gur grfg hfvat gung frdhrapr. … but I have to get to bed soon so I’m not going to spend another 40 minutes to run that test.
I took the IQ test in the extra questions section. I clicked “submit” long before the time ran out, even when I knew I was essentially guessing on some of the questions, because I had gotten sick of the damn thing. My score came back a 122, which pissed me off because I’m fairly sure my real IQ is higher than that.
Then I realized this may be a good metaphor for my life. In the future, when asked my IQ, I’ll respond, “I don’t know, but my lack-of-patience-adjusted IQ is about 120.”
At first I wondered whether the test adjusts either direction for lack-of-patience; and then I realized I could run an experiment.
There don’t appear to be any points granted for finishing early; I just took the test three times, guessing randomly as fast as possible, and scored 93 first then <79 (what appears to be the lowest score possible) twice and 93 the third time, and then took the test a fourth time, guessing randomly at a rate of 1 question/minute (finishing with 1 minute to spare), and got 83. This appears to reject the hypothesis that finishing early boosts your score (or, inversely, taking more time lowers your score).
Though… V whfg ernyvmrq vg qbrfa’g nccrne gb inel gur cbfvgvba bs gur nafjref ba frcnengr nggrzcgf, fb n zber gubebhtu grfg jbhyq hfr n cerqrgrezvarq frdhrapr bs nafjref gung fbzrgvzrf erfhyg va na VD nobir 79, naq inel gur gvzr gb pbzcyrgr gur grfg hfvat gung frdhrapr. … but I have to get to bed soon so I’m not going to spend another 40 minutes to run that test.