Accuracy Component
Your accuracy, the percentage of questions answered correctly, forms the primary component of your score. This is calculated relative to all other test-takers, establishing your accuracy percentile ranking.
Time Efficiency Component
We also analyze how quickly you solve problems, but only in comparison to others with similar accuracy levels. This prevents fast but incorrect answers from inflating scores. The time component is weighted based on your accuracy. If you're highly accurate, solving problems quickly is rewarded more significantly.
Norm-Referenced Scoring
Your final IQ score is determined by comparing your combined performance (accuracy and time) to a representative sample of other test-takers. This percentile-based approach ensures that scores are meaningful and comparable, following the same principles used in professional IQ assessments like the WAIS and Stanford-Binet.
Growing Sample Size Advantage
As more people take our tests, the sample size grows, making percentile rankings increasingly accurate. This is a significant advantage over traditional norming, which typically uses samples of 1,000-2,000 people. Our growing database allows for more precise population estimates and more reliable IQ score calculations. The larger the sample, the better we can represent the actual distribution of human intelligence.