<p>I feel that anyone who has studied these standardized tests such as the SAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT and even MCAT, etc knows that they are all different versions of IQ tests. in fact some of these tests have as tight a correlation to IQ tests as different versions of IQ tests have to each other. Here is a calculator to ESTIMATE IQ based on SAT of GRE scores. Remember, if it doesn't correlate to YOUR IQ, that doesn't make it invalid. In the aggregate, over large enough samples, I do believe that it is extremely accurate. Anyhow, it is fun, i have been playing by putting in average SAT scores of different colleges to see what the IQ of, say a Yale, Berkeley or Oswego State IQ is. Make sure when you put your scores in that you chose the correct option from the drop down menu on the top right as to when you took the SAT.</p>
<p>Not too sure, this puts me at near genius and I didn't score all that well.</p>
<p>133</p>
<p>10char</p>
<p>141</p>
<p>hahaa. don't think so...but who knows :)</p>
<p>SAT: 1460
Estimated IQ: 153
Actual IQ: 138</p>
<p>same as above except with a 1440. they need to include the writing section! one of my best parts!</p>
<p>155... how is that possible??
i think my actual IQ is 105-110</p>
<p>Make sure you chose "1996" or later before you calculate or yout IQ will show up 6 or m oe points high.</p>
<p>lol my actual iq is 90-100 but according to this im 150
yay for preparation</p>
<p>lol it said my iq was 151 but that is unusually high so idk</p>
<p>I'm predicting this will be a 10 page thread</p>
<p>Lol, there is no way I have anything near a 165 IQ. Interesting, though. IQ tests are always a major source of controversy.</p>
<p>It's just taking your SAT percentile and telling you the corresponding IQ percentile.</p>
<p>162.
Definitely not that high.</p>
<p>1560 is 2.8 SD's above average for SATs.
162 is 4.13 SD's above average for IQ.</p>
<p>Are they assuming the average person who takes the SATs is a lot smarter than the average person?</p>
<p>Let's see.
The average SAT is 1000.
They calculate 500 Math/500 Verbal as having a 103 IQ...</p>
<p>1 "SD" away from the SAT is supposed to be 200.
They calculate 600 Math/600 Verbal as having a 124 IQ.</p>
<p>700 Math/700 Verbal: 144 IQ.
800 Math/800 Verbal: 165 IQ.</p>
<p>So, the SD is approx. 20-21 instead of 15 for IQ.</p>
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<p>here's the problem. SAT scores can be best predicted by your parents income and professions. Rich kids whose parents throw books at them from birth are going to score better, even if they aren't as smart. Thus this whole idea is stupid</p>
<p>Here's my FAQ on the issue: </p>
<p>CORRELATION OF TEST SCORES </p>
<p>There is a quite persistent set of errors in many posts here about predicting one test score from another test score. </p>
<p>1) The first error is assuming that IQ scores stay at the same level across the lifespan. There is actually abundant information to show that this is a mistaken idea. Rather than asking, "What is his IQ?" one should really ask, "What score did he obtain on what brand of IQ test on what occasion?" All longitudinal studies of IQ have shown IQ scores moving both up and down on subsequent testing of individuals who were tested at various ages. Here are some citations to studies of this issue: </p>
<p>Anastasi, Anne & Urbina, Susana (1997). Psychological Testing. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. </p>
<p>Deary, Ian J. (2000) Looking Down on Human Intelligence: From Psychometrics to the Brain. Oxford: Oxford University Press. </p>
<p>Howe, Michael J. A. (1998). Can IQ Change?. The Psychologist, February 1998 pages 69-72. </p>
<p>Moriarty, Alice E. (1966). Constancy and IQ Change: A Clinical View of Relationships between Tested IQ and Personality. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. </p>
<p>Pinneau, Samuel R. (1961). Changes in Intelligence Quotient Infancy to Maturity: New Insights from the Berkeley Growth Study with Implications for the Stanford-Binet Scales and Applications to Professional Practice. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. </p>
<p>Shurkin, Joel N. (1992). Terman's Kids: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up. Boston: Little, Brown. </p>
<p>Truch, Steve (1993). The WISC-III(R) Companion: A Guide to Interpretation and Educational Intervention. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed. </p>
<p>2) The second error is assuming that any two brands of mental tests, or indeed any mental test given to the same group of test-takers more than once, will sort a group of test-takers into the same rank order. That never happens. In other words, there is no such thing as a test that has a correlation of 1.0 with any other test, and indeed there is no one brand of mental test with test-retest correlations that high. It's quite exceptional to see test-retest correlations above about .85, and that level of correlation allows for plenty of radical changes in rank order among test-takers between two instances of taking a test. For any score on any test, there is a RANGE, which can be quite broad, of expected scores on some other test. So it shows a fundamental misunderstanding of mental testing to suppose what a person's IQ score is from the person's SAT score, or the other way around, and an even greater misunderstanding to assume what a person's grade average in high school or college might be, or what occupation that person will pursue successfully, from such limited information. </p>
<p>See </p>
<p>Hopkins, Kenneth D. & Stanley, Julian C. (1981). Educational and Psychological Measurement and Evaluation. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. </p>
<p>or </p>
<p>Mackintosh, N. J. (1998). IQ and Human Intelligence. Oxford: Oxford University Press. </p>
<p>or plenty of other general titles on mental testing for more on this issue.</p>
<p>"162.Definitely not that high.
1560 is 2.8 SD's above average for SATs.
162 is 4.13 SD's above average for IQ.
Are they assuming the average person who takes the SATs is a lot smarter than the average person?
Let's see.
The average SAT is 1000.
They calculate 500 Math/500 Verbal as having a 103 IQ...
1 "SD" away from the SAT is supposed to be 200.
They calculate 600 Math/600 Verbal as having a 124 IQ."</p>
<p>-------------------------------Please Note--------------------------------------------------</p>
<p>You're not calculating the combined SD correctly, you can't just add them. You have to take the Square toot of (SD1^2 + SD2^2)</p>
<p>In other words:
Verbal: average = 508, SD = 113
Math: Quant = 520, SD = 115
Combined= 1028, SD = 161</p>
<p>Therefore:
1028 = average (107 IQ)
1190 = + 1SD (123 IQ)
1350 = +2 SD (140 IQ)
1511 = + 3 SD (156 IQ)</p>
<p>Considering Mensa, up untl 1996 allowed SAt to be used for admissions, they interpreted 1250 as a +2 SD IQ of 132. This calculator places a 1250 @ 131. I still say that for a large sample, this is an accurate calculator.</p>
<p>Tokenadult,
Your info is interesting, albeit superfluous to the thread. As I stated, the SAT has about the same correlation to IQ tests as different versions have to each-other, about a 0.82. The IQ is no more OR LESS valid than other IQ tests.</p>
<p>"One study found a correlation of .82 between g (general intelligence factor) and SAT scores.[63] Another correlation of .81 between g and GCSE scores.[64]</p>
<p>Correlations between IQ scores (general cognitive ability) and achievement test scores are reported to be .81 by Deary and colleagues, with the percentage of variance accounted for by general cognitive ability ranging "from 58.6% in Mathematics and 48% in English to 18.1% in Art and Design".[65]"</p>
<p>Intelligence</a> quotient - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
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