Statistics of combined Numerical and Spatial sections of The Marathon Test

Scores on Numerical and spatial sections of The Marathon Test as of 29 May 2023

Contents type: Numerical, spatial.   Period: 2005-present

• n: 64
• Median: 60.0
• Quartile deviation: 14.8
• Range: 90
• Maximum possible: 89
• Male median: 59.0 (n = 61)
• Female median: 68.0 (n = 3)
• Proportion of males among candidates: 0.953
• Hardness: 0.39
• Resolution: 1.00

Correlation of Numerical and spatial sections of The Marathon Test with other mental ability tests

Weighted average of correlations: 0.750 (N = 1191)

Estimated g factor loading: 0.87

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 4 score pairs. All known pairs are used, including possible floor/ceiling scores or outliers.

Estimated loadings of Numerical and spatial sections of The Marathon Test on particular item types

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.

N = 914

Compound tests have been left out of this table to avoid overlap.

Balanced g loading = 0.84

National medians for Numerical and spatial sections of The Marathon Test

For reasons of privacy, only countries with 3 or more candidates are included in this table. Ranking is based on the medians, and then alphabetic.

Correlation of Numerical and spatial sections of The Marathon Test with personal details

Estimated g factor loadings for restricted ranges

In parentheses the number of score pairs on which that estimated g factor loading is based. The goal of this is to verify the hypothesis that g becomes less important, accounts for a smaller proportion of the variance, at higher I.Q. levels. The mere fact of restricting the range like this also depresses the g loading compared to computing it over the test's full range, so it would be normal for these values to be lower than the test's full-range g loading.

Reliability

• Reliability = 0.99

This reliability is computed from the two subtest reliabilities using a form of the Spearman-Brown formula, taking into account the weighting of the spatial score.

Error

• Standard error = 2.3 raw score points

Robustness and overall test quality

• Robustness by month = 0.73 (r_{raw scores × months} = -0.075)
• Quality = 0.858

Further internal statistics

Further internal statistics are reported on subtest level (respectively the Numerical and the Spatial section of The Marathon Test).

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