IQ Testing: 400 ways to evaluate your brainpower
Author: Philip Carter, Ken Russell
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ISBN: 0471531456
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (01 January, 1971)
Sales Rank: 1,353,478
Average Customer Rating: 2 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 3 out of 5
When is IQ not an IQ?
These two guys have enough experience to know that the tests aren't all that indicative of the type used on IQ tests and to present this book in that light is a little misleading. It's more akin to the 'iq/puzzle/mismash' genre which means it's not as much fun as a good puzzle book and not as helpful as a good IQ book. If you're desparate to spend a few hours tashing out some of this sort of thing then it's OK - despite a few errors in the book itself.
Rating: 1 out of 5
IQ Bunk
"IQ Testing" by Philip Carter and Ken Russell does not test IQs. It's basically a book of puzzles, some of them quite challenging. However, as IQ testing goes it's quite useless. Too many of the questions depend upon previous knowledge, often arcane knowledge. There's also a cultural bias toward "English" as opposed to "American" vocabulary. Further, the authors do not translate scores into IQs, but simply tell readers whether their scores are average, good, very good, etc. This is fortunate because the authors do not seem to have any grasp of IQ testing. The book also has a number of serious errors. One question asks the reader for two words with opposite meanings. However, the answer turns out to be two words with the same meaning. The reader is left to waste time over an impossible question in a timed test. Another question lists five possible answers, two of which are identical. In summary, the title of the book is deceptive, and the contents are incompetent. It appears to be a book thrown together to make a quick buck.
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