[Romantic Old Bird]

Well, we've looked at our personality types, now for the real crunch:

WHAT'S YOUR IQ?

Modesty prevents me from saying exactly how brill I apparently am............

Suffice it to say that the embarassment of the British online IQ test of last year is firmly behind me, but I am not QUITE Mensa material.........

[Kaz]

I scored 129.

Our analyses indicate that your Intellectual Type is: Visual Mathematician. This means that among other things, you have superior skills in mathematics and spatial reasoning.

Errrrr, I don't think so!!!

[Romantic Old Bird]

Our analyses indicate that your Intellectual Type is: Visual Mathematician. This means that among other things, you have superior skills in mathematics and spatial reasoning.

Kaz, mysaviour!

Now, PLEASE, explain the follwing to me:

How do you calculate degrees of freedon in Odds ratios?

What is a correlation coefficient?

Explain the linear regression element of statistical significance........

I have more...............

[Kaz]

I'm afraid it would take far too long to explain points 1 and 3 in any great depth, ROB. However:

What is a correlation coefficient?

Given a pair of related measures (X and Y) on each of a set of items, the correlation coefficient (r) provides an index of the degree to which the paired measures co-vary in a linear fashion. In general r will be positive when items with large values of X also tend to have large values of Y whereas items with small values of X tend to have small values of Y. Correspondingly, r will be negative when Items with large values of X tend to have small values of Y whereas items with small values of X tend to have large values of Y. The value of r is calculated by first converting the Xs and Ys into their respective Z Scores and, keeping track of which Z Score goes with which item, determining the value of the mean Z Score product. Numerically, r can assume any value between -1 and +1 depending upon the degree of the relationship. Plus and minus one indicate perfect positive and negative relationships whereas zero indicates that the X and Y values do not co-vary in any linear fashion.

Hope this helps!!

[Romantic Old Bird]

Has someone told you about my hearing problem Kaz??

Thanks for that. The fact that you just knew makes me even more depressed......

[Kaz]

The fact that you just knew makes me even more depressed....

I'm a mine of useless information, ROB.

It compensates for not having a personality . . . . . . . .

[rachb]

I scored 120 is that good I don't know????
Also my Intellectual Type is Precision Processor????
Is that a fancy way of saying i'm mad

[jbellemeg]

I too am a Precission Processor and Visual Mathematician.

Did you know?
74% of Precision Processors say their body's silhouette most resembles a
sleek jaguar instead of a squishy slug.
I got 126

[Mairi]

OK, Kaz, this is getting spooky now.

I also scored 129 and am a Precision Processor!!!!!!

[Romantic Old Bird]

Well I was a word wizard or something, and my score was only a little different, but it was different. I must say we are all amazingly bright folks

[BigSister]

I only got 93

I am also a Inventive Inquisitor.

[Mairi]

Originally posted by Romantic Old Bird
Well I was a word wizard or something

Well, we all know you ARE a word wizard, ROB.

I've made you a

[Amy]

Well, i did'nt do too well i got 102

[susieq]

I got 129 too - Miriam & Kaz - we should form a club!!

[rachb]

mines gone up to 124 and my intellectual type is now Inventive Inquisitor,I don't know which answers I changed but its getting better!!!

[BusyBee]

Is it a fix cos I got 129 as well - perhaps we are all closet geniuses

Well of course we must be clever cos we have all got such good taste in reality tv programmes

[LEE]

I got 131 and it said I was an Insightful Linguist.

'you have the natural fluency of a writer and the visual and spatial strengths of an artist. Those skills contribute to your creative and expressive mind. But that's just scratching the surface. '

[vicky]

I also scored 131 Lee and i am a Precision Processor which means "among other thing you have superior skills in mathematics"- i don't think.

I only wish someone had told my A Level examiner who gave me a D.

[Kaz]

Well done, everyone - especially my fellow '129ers!!' - what a clever bunch we are!

However . . . . . the 'boys' are conspicuous by their absence on this thread, aren't they?

Come on, chaps!

[LEE]

You're right Kaz they are aren't they?

Cowards, the lot of them.

[James]

I started it and got to question 9, but then got bored and gave up.

I have the attention span of a goldfish.

[Kaz]

Finish it!

[susieq]

The gauntlet has definitely been thrown down now - are you up to the challenge, or shall we just choose whether we want our eggs fried or boiled!!!!!

[Janette]

I scored 131


I'm a precision processor!


Only problem is.........


What's a precision processor?

[James]

OK, I'll do the test for real in a minute but as an experiment I went through it clicking on random answers.

I got an IQ score of 91 doing it that way and I was a precision processor.

Let's hope I do better when I think about the answers.