To detect possible correlates of associative horizon, assessment scores have been assigned to candidates displaying a markedly narrow associative horizon (scored as 0) and to candidates displaying a markedly wide associative horizon (1). The following statistics result.
Contents type: Assessment.
0 | ************************* |
1 | *********************************** |
(Test index) Test name | n | r |
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(77) Analogies #1 | 5 | 0.85 |
(87) Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 2 | 7 | 0.81 |
(18) The Nemesis Test | 6 | 0.76 |
(1) Cartoons of Shock | 5 | 0.74 |
(11) Isis Test | 6 | 0.71 |
(56) Short Test For Genius | 13 | 0.63 |
(75) Analogies of Long Test For Genius | 13 | 0.60 |
(85) Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 1 | 8 | 0.60 |
(79) Association subtest of Long Test For Genius | 16 | 0.58 |
(35) Intelligence Quantifier by assessment | 41 | 0.56 |
(68) Numbers | 15 | 0.54 |
(7) The Final Test | 16 | 0.53 |
(63) Long Test For Genius | 12 | 0.52 |
(2) Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 3 | 5 | 0.52 |
(62) Reason Behind Multiple-Choice | 6 | 0.52 |
(84) Bonsai Test | 6 | 0.51 |
(16) Lieshout International Mesospheric Intelligence Test | 7 | 0.43 |
(66) Test For Genius - Revision 2004 | 8 | 0.43 |
(26) Verbal section of Test For Genius - Revision 2004 | 8 | 0.41 |
(57) Space, Time, and Hyperspace | 16 | 0.38 |
(80) Qoymans Multiple-Choice #4 | 14 | 0.35 |
(27) Spatial section of Test For Genius - Revision 2004 | 8 | 0.33 |
(10) Genius Association Test | 8 | 0.18 |
(28) The Test To End All Tests | 9 | 0.11 |
(82) Reason | 8 | 0.10 |
(51) Qoymans Multiple-Choice #1 | 7 | -0.03 |
Weighted average of correlations: 0.489
Conservatively estimated minimum g loading: 0.70
Ranking in above table is based on the unrounded correlations. All available data is present in this table, no tests are left out except for those with less than 5 score pairs. All known pairs are used to obtain the true, honest statistics; correlations have not been artificially inflated by leaving out ceiling scores, outliers or other anomalies.
One gets the impression that these tests do catch in some associative horizon in addition to g.
(Test index) Test name | n | r |
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(35) Intelligence Quantifier by assessment | 7 | -0.22 |
Ranking in above table is based on the unrounded correlations. All available data is present in this table, no tests are left out except for those with less than 5 score pairs. All known pairs are used to obtain the true, honest statistics; correlations have not been artificially inflated by leaving out ceiling scores, outliers or other anomalies.
Although this is not significant, at least it shows that the on the whole positive correlation with I.Q. scores is so far entirely due to males.
(Test index) Test name | n | r |
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(208) California Test of Mental Maturity | 6 | 0.78 |
(239) Titan Test | 9 | 0.61 |
(229) Mega Test | 10 | 0.53 |
(242) Unknown tests | 12 | 0.51 |
(243) Scholastic Aptitude Test (old) | 6 | 0.36 |
(201) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales | 10 | 0.14 |
(220) Cattell Culture Fair | 7 | 0.06 |
(204) Chimera High Ability Riddle Test | 5 | 0.00 |
(206) W-87 | 6 | -0.04 |
(219) Graduate Record Examination | 5 | -0.12 |
(235) Nonverbal Cognitive Performance Examination | 6 | -0.18 |
(218) Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (I.Q.) | 6 | -0.19 |
(202) Cattell Verbal | 5 | -0.24 |
(211) Culture Fair Numerical Spatial Examination - Final version | 7 | -0.29 |
(212) Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (raw) | 5 | -0.69 |
Weighted average of correlations: 0.150
Ranking in above table is based on the unrounded correlations. All available data is present in this table, no tests are left out except for those with less than 5 score pairs. All known pairs are used to obtain the true, honest statistics; correlations have not been artificially inflated by leaving out ceiling scores, outliers or other anomalies.
Please be aware that correlations with these external tests are in most cases affected (depressed, typically) by one or more of the following: 1) Little overlap with the object test because of the much lower ceilings and inherent ceiling effects of the tests used in regular psychology; 2) Candidates reporting scores selectively, for instance only the higher ones while withholding lower ones; 3) Candidates reporting, or having been reported by psychometricians, incorrect scores.
These are estimated g factor loadings, but against homogeneous tests containing only particular item types, as opposed to non-compound heterogeneous tests. Although tending to surprise the lay person, it is not uncommon for tests to have high loadings on item types they do not actually contain themselves. Such loadings reflect the empirical fact that most tests for mental abilities measure primarily g, regardless of their contents; that the major part of test score variance is caused by g, and only a minor part by factors germane to particular item types. It is of key importance to understand that this is a fact of nature, a natural phenomenon, and not something that was built into the tests by the test constructors.
Type | g loading of Observed associative horizon on that type |
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Verbal | 0.55 |
Numerical | 0.56 |
Spatial | 0.53 |
Logical | 0.51 |
Heterogeneous | 0.72 |
There is no overlap between the categories in this table as a result of leaving out compound tests.
Balanced g loading = 0.57
Country | n | mean score |
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United_Kingdom | 5 | 0.80 |
United_States | 27 | 0.67 |
Netherlands | 11 | 0.64 |
Belgium | 4 | 0.50 |
Canada | 3 | 0.33 |
Sweden | 3 | 0.33 |
Greece | 3 | 0.00 |
For reasons of privacy, only countries with 2 or more candidates are included in this table. Ranking is based on the unrounded means, and then alphabetic.
Personalia | n | r |
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P.S.I.A. Cold | 14 | 0.65 |
Observed behaviour | 45 | 0.64 |
P.S.I.A. Introverted | 14 | 0.57 |
Gifted Adult's Inventory of Aspergerisms | 10 | 0.36 |
P.S.I.A. System factor | 11 | 0.35 |
Disorders (parents and siblings) | 29 | 0.35 |
P.S.I.A. Rare | 14 | 0.33 |
P.S.I.A. Aspergoid | 14 | 0.31 |
P.S.I.A. Deviance factor | 18 | 0.26 |
Disorders (own) | 37 | 0.21 |
P.S.I.A. True | 14 | 0.19 |
P.S.I.A. Orderly | 14 | 0.19 |
P.S.I.A. Ethics factor | 18 | 0.15 |
P.S.I.A. Cruel | 14 | 0.12 |
P.S.I.A. Extreme | 14 | 0.08 |
Sex | 60 | 0.07 |
P.S.I.A. Rational | 14 | 0.04 |
P.S.I.A. Neurotic | 14 | 0.03 |
P.S.I.A. Antisocial | 14 | -0.02 |
Year of birth | 54 | -0.10 |
Mother's educational level | 27 | -0.11 |
P.S.I.A. Just | 14 | -0.14 |
Educational level | 33 | -0.20 |
Father's educational level | 26 | -0.29 |
The P.S.I.A. Cold and Introverted scales appear to be the best objective predictors of associative horizon.
Personalia | n | r |
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Disorders (own) | 6 | 1.00 |
Disorders (parents and siblings) | 4 | 1.00 |
P.S.I.A. Deviance factor | 3 | 1.00 |
P.S.I.A. Ethics factor | 3 | 0.80 |
Observed behaviour | 5 | 0.61 |
Father's educational level | 4 | 0.10 |
Year of birth | 7 | 0.05 |
Educational level | 5 | -0.32 |
Mother's educational level | 4 | -0.33 |
Although not significant yet, in females disorders seem to go with associative horizon, while in males this is not so much the case.
Personalia | n | r |
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Observed behaviour | 40 | 0.66 |
P.S.I.A. Cold | 12 | 0.64 |
P.S.I.A. Introverted | 12 | 0.52 |
P.S.I.A. Rare | 12 | 0.35 |
P.S.I.A. System factor | 9 | 0.32 |
P.S.I.A. Aspergoid | 12 | 0.29 |
Disorders (parents and siblings) | 25 | 0.27 |
Gifted Adult's Inventory of Aspergerisms | 7 | 0.26 |
P.S.I.A. Deviance factor | 15 | 0.20 |
P.S.I.A. Antisocial | 12 | 0.18 |
P.S.I.A. Cruel | 12 | 0.16 |
P.S.I.A. Orderly | 12 | 0.14 |
P.S.I.A. Rational | 12 | 0.11 |
P.S.I.A. True | 12 | 0.09 |
P.S.I.A. Ethics factor | 15 | 0.09 |
Disorders (own) | 31 | 0.09 |
P.S.I.A. Extreme | 12 | -0.02 |
P.S.I.A. Just | 12 | -0.03 |
Mother's educational level | 23 | -0.06 |
Year of birth | 47 | -0.14 |
Educational level | 28 | -0.18 |
P.S.I.A. Neurotic | 12 | -0.25 |
Father's educational level | 22 | -0.34 |
Correlation of this test with national average I.Q.s published by Lynn and Vanhanen:
Considering the on the whole positive correlations with I.Q. test scores, it is meaningful to "norm" the assessments scores of 0 and 1 to protonorms by means of rank equation; I.Q. tests correlating .56 or higher have been used to obtain the below table.
A.H. | Protonorm | I.Q. |
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0 | 368 (ranging 207-393) | 131 |
1 | 484 (400-747) | 152 |