do you think iq tests are reliable?

Question

why?why not?

Answer 1

honestly, in my opinion, i dont think iq tests are reliable. sometimes they dont exactly reflect someone's iq.

for example, most iq tests are in english, and if someone who is poor in english did the test, he/she will definitely score low for the test right? but that doesnt mean he/she has a low iq.

Answer 2

I test really, really high. But I can't pass a Mensa test and I can barely remember my times tables.
So no I don't think they are reliable.
Back when I went to school, long ago, we didn't have diagnosis of learning disorders, you were either dumb or you weren't.
Since I did exceptionally well in every class but math, they decided that I must have cheated on my IQ test. So they made me take it alone. I scored higher and they decided I was a 'problem child'.
If I hadn't been before, I became one then.
Most fun I ever had in school.

Answer 3

.....Sure, they're fairly valid and reliable. But two caveats...

1. They only measure a few of the many forms of intelligence. This limits their usefulness to you.

2. You can have a high IQ and still fail in life. You see, it isn't what you have, it's what you do with it. Like a very powerful computer that has few programs or bad programs on it, and working with not much data or bad data.

Answer 4

Are they reliable? Yes. Are they accurate? No. They attempt to measure your ability to learn but don't do a great job, although they are somewhat useful. It's not true to say it's "not what you have but what you do with it." I know from experience and from a lot of examples that your aptitude matters a lot. For example, I am a lot better than average a lot of things and don't have to have done something before to set records (not world records but yeah) and I've known people who are just so smart that they don't have to try hard to learn, and people that are so dumb that no matter how hard they try they suck at everything. So it depends on the person. Most people tend to largely overrate their intelligence, so it's nice to take psychological tests to show me that I am better than average in mostly everything, but also show me my weaknesses (I suck at math) so that I will not waste my time with overconfidence in my weaknesses and waste my time (exe. trying to become a mathematician.) So yeah, realiable but not completely accurate but still very useful. Depends on the test also. The mensa test is way too easy I got bored and quit.

Answer 5

No. yea you could do well on a test but what about the people who always mess up on tests cuz their nervous. Are they really dumb just because the test says so? It's completely different too. Someone could be failing in school but still be a genius because it's different. People who get a high score on the test are smart in thinking with things in front of them on paper.

Answer 6

No because an IQ test are a way of seeing if someone is smart on paper not in experience

Answer 7

Probably not as they dont tesdt fro all types of intellegence and it is very unfait ron peole that have gifts in other realms , but unfortunately society is using them as a guide to the all impotent way of dropping peole into useable baskets .

I think we should all be brave enough tos crew the systwem and get such abysmally low scores that they ask us will we be allright finding our way home after them!!!!!!!

Answer 8

assuming the person being tested has adequate language skills, yes. if they are unable to communicate for any reason (hearing impaired, developmental delay, non-English speaker) the results might not be totally accurate. it depends a lot on the person doing the testing and what accomodations can be given to the person being tested.

Answer 9

No any standardized test isn't totally reliable.

Answer 10

I hope they are reliable because if they are, I am considered a genius