2006-07-23 20:12:51 · 13 answers · asked by 747fly 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
140 is very high. Less than 1% of people have that. 160 is like one in a million.
68% of people fall between 85 and 115. 95% fall between 70 and 130.
Only 2.5% are over 130. Hence this being the cutoff for Mensa.
Mean is 100.
Norms are very accurate between 85 and 115, more so than a household scale for weight.
But reliability falls off rapidly on the extremes.
I wouldn't trust anything below 70 and above 130.
Oh - and I wouldn't trust free Internet IQ tests. It takes millions of $ and years of hard work to develop a reliable test...
2006-07-23 20:17:39 · answer #1 · answered by Ejsenstejn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IQ of 100 is supposedly "average" by definition. Look at the wikipedia page on this (I put a link to it under "Sources"). They show a Normal/Gaussian distribution and 140 is almost 3 standard deviations above the mean. That would mean that 0.5% of the population have an IQ of 140 or above. See other links under "Sources:" also. An IQ of 160 or above is very rare. The lowest estimate I saw on the web is that 1 person in about 1700 has an IQ of 160 or above.
2006-07-24 03:28:24 · answer #2 · answered by pollux 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took an IQ test administered by my college.
I don't remember what the average was. But I do remember that the
first Standard Deviation for average on the upperside was 115. I remember because I was 1 point higher.
2006-07-24 03:45:27 · answer #3 · answered by salvador m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
140 is high. Mensa still won't take me, though. Freaking Mensa. Seriously. My father has an IQ of 136 and he was accepted. I don't like their policies.
2006-07-24 03:15:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
140 should be high enough for Mensa, which only accepts members with a proven high IQ.
2006-07-24 03:18:03 · answer #5 · answered by © 2007. Sammy Z. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
140 is at about the 99.75% level (only 25 in 10,000 people have IQs higher than that); 160 is much rarer than that
See:
http://www.wilderdom.com/intelligence/IQWhatScoresMean.html
2006-07-24 03:21:56 · answer #6 · answered by Mark V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
140 is high and not very normal to get 160..
2006-07-24 03:17:07 · answer #7 · answered by midas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well my Ä°Q is high according to their primitive measurement!
but what can measure the iq of a genius?
which lower iq can?
dont fool yourself with high iq!
you know that you are stupid!
2006-07-24 03:17:09 · answer #8 · answered by bluffylee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
120 is normal for an educated adult without a college degree, 130 is normal for someone with a degree, and anything higher than that without a masters degree is a genius...
2006-07-24 03:17:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
100 is normal. higher than 120 is considered gifted
2006-07-24 03:15:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋