Pricing note
IQ
What an IQ score measures and why it moves the price so sharply.
An intelligence quotient is a score derived from standardized tests designed to measure reasoning, memory, processing, and problem-solving. Tests vary, but most report an overall score alongside narrower subtest scores.
General cognitive ability is associated with academic performance, training speed, job performance, education, and income. That makes IQ one of the largest single adjustments in the calculator.
Score: 105 is the pivot. Each point above or below it moves the male score about $13,000; on the female track, each point above adds about $9,000 and each point below subtracts about $7,300.
A rough classification guide
No single score captures creativity, judgment, curiosity, emotional intelligence, practical skill, or character. It measures performance on a particular family of tasks under test conditions.
- 140 and over: very high or exceptionally high
- 120–139: superior range
- 110–119: high average
- 90–109: average range
- 80–89: low average
- 70–79: very low range
- Below 70: may indicate significant cognitive impairment, depending on adaptive functioning and professional assessment
IQ, belief, and group averages
Researchers have examined correlations between cognitive-test scores and religious belief, usually finding a modest inverse relationship on average. The finding does not predict an individual and can shift with education, culture, age, and the way belief is measured.
Average test scores have also differed among racial, ethnic, and national groups. Those comparisons are heavily debated because schooling, language, nutrition, health, wealth, discrimination, test design, and sampling all affect measured performance. A group average cannot tell you an individual’s ability, and the quiz scores only the number a respondent chooses to enter.
Want a score to enter?
Take the free test at Free-IQTest.net ↗, then return and enter the result in the Mental section.