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Old December 20th, 2003, 01:52 PM
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I recall when I was in the army (it is obligatory for men in Finland) they made their own IQ tests. Couple of hundred question and you had to choose answer from 4 or 5 different answers. Also they made us psychological tests to see how stabile, sensible, etc. we are. One room mate was a student of psychology and he knew how to answer these tests. That also meant that he knew how NOT to answer.

When he got his results back, a captain said that according to his results, he is so twisted and crazy that he could not hold a pen in his hand

He made creative way to show his capabilities. About the link I gave you. I forgot to mention that when you make the test, there is this little gray square in the bottom right corner of test area. When you put your cursor above it, it reveals 4 links and the link called "Lähetä" will tell you your result. If you did like this, you have done correctly. David with 133 you are well above average.

Like I said, I don't know how reliable this test is, but it is provided by finnish science magazine and they tell it to be based on same evaluation algorithm than Mensa test. It is very similar to Mensa home test I once did. Though, Mensa home test doesn't tell you your IQ, but when you send it into Mensa, they will send you letter where they tell how many correct answers I had made. I didin't do as well as I wanted, though.

I have always been good in math, so I think it will help me in that test. However, like Fyron told before, it doesn't tell your social intelligence, artistic skills, political skills, charisma, negotaion skills, etc.

To measure these, you need many more tests in different nature. I hope you enjoy this test and have the result you are seeking

[ December 20, 2003, 11:54: Message edited by: Karibu ]
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