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From: reza@ihuxb.UUCP (H. Reza Taheri)
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Subject: Re: 'Intelligence' tests - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 17:48:17 EDT
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>> Speaking of IQ tests, has anyone tried one of the 'test yourself' tests
>> which can be found in 'know yourself' books ?  I remember trying one 
>> when I was fifteen.  I answered all of the questions fairly and only used
>> the amount of time that was specified for each test section.  When I added
>> up my score, it read awefully high.  I wonder if the authors intentionally
>> made the test easier or the scoring higher just to satisfy the reader.  It
>> seems that a book which stroked the reader's ego would sell better. Anyone
>> else have any more insight ?
>> 					Bart Thielges

   When I was doing my Master's in college, I picked one of those, too.
The test told me that I had an IQ of something like 158!  Of course the
last page of the booklet told me about excellent learning opportunities
for a person of my intelligence and asked why with an IQ that high I
wouldn't send for a free booklet on how to get a high school diploma!
That't when I found out how low my IQ must have been to pay $1 for
that garbage!

H. Reza Taheri
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