I just took an IQ test and got an 87, is that good?
2007-08-23 15:02:21 · 13 answers · asked by Love. 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Standards & Testing
I. Q. tests are fairly accurate, the ones advertisement on the web not so much, those given by professionals at schools more so.
2007-08-24 05:51:10 · answer #1 · answered by Princessa Macha Venial 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good IQ tests are very accurate. But there are a lot of things on the internet that say they're IQ tests, but that are wildly inaccurate. If you really want to know your IQ, you should pay a professional to administer a proper test.
100 is supposed to be average and 70 is the upper limit for retarded (bottom 2% of people). So 87 is a bit low. Adam B's website looks right when it says 87 means 81% of the people do better than 87.
2007-08-23 17:02:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IQ testing is tricky because it is all relative to the test takers experience and culture. An average IQ is 100. They are graded on a bell curve with a 15 point discrepancy. (85-115) But that doesn't mean you aren't smart...that's just an average.
Oh yea....the only "real" IQ test is given by a psychologist and is very expensive.
2007-08-23 15:08:15 · answer #3 · answered by Tiffany 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average is supposed to be 100, but internet IQ test usually inflate your score (I took one for fun last night and got 190 - I'm sure that's not correct). That being said, 87 is not good, no.
2007-08-23 15:09:27 · answer #4 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've taken just about every type of IQ test imaginable, including those administered by professionals. I've never tested below the top 1/10 percent. It is my considered opinion that the tests range from badly culturally biased to meaningless.
2007-08-23 18:02:21 · answer #5 · answered by virtualguy92107 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well most of the times, if you are 100-120 you are average..
but that is just the ones i have taken... and that means your below average...
I would say, take a different test, a real one, that is timed, and so forth... and raise the IQ up...
it is just a number...
If you want to be judged by a number, go ahead...
I know how smart I am, I dont need someone else to tell me that...
2007-08-23 15:06:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
an 87 is above the reported functional level as 60 is about functional for an Mentaly challenged individual.
2007-08-23 17:42:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good! Can I borrow a couple IQ points!
2007-08-23 15:08:48 · answer #8 · answered by Zombie Birdhouse 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
according to studies given by Washington and Stephen hawking and logic no
2015-06-08 09:41:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That means that roughly 81% of the population is smarter than you are.
2007-08-23 15:10:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋