Chimera High Ability Riddle Test statistics

© 1998-2024 Paul Cooijmans

Old statistical reports

  1. First norming, January 1998
  2. Second norming, March 1998

Additional statistics October 2024

Scores on Chimera High Ability Riddle Test (Bill Bultas) as of 1 October 2024

Contents type: Verbal.   

26 *
30 *
39 *
40 *
43 *
44 *
46 *
47 *
48 *
49 *
50 *
51 *
52 *****
53 ***
54 *******
55 *********
56 ********
57 *************************
58 *****************
59 ************
60 ************

Scores by males

n = 81

30 *
46 *
48 *
49 *
51 *
52 *****
53 **
54 *******
55 *******
56 ******
57 *******************
58 **************
59 *******
60 *********

Scores by females

n = 23

26 *
39 *
40 *
43 *
44 *
50 *
53 *
55 **
56 **
57 *****
58 **
59 ***
60 **

Correlation of Chimera High Ability Riddle Test (Bill Bultas) with other mental ability tests

Test name n r
Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 130.99
Genius Association Test30.94
The Test To End All Tests30.89
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #3 (batch scored by Paul Cooijmans)30.88
Analogies of Long Test For Genius30.81
The Final Test80.81
Association subtest of Long Test For Genius40.80
Chimera Test (Bill Bultas)40.80
International High IQ Society tests (aggregate)40.73
Space, Time, and Hyperspace30.73
Numbers60.64
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales40.56
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #140.51
Short Test For Genius100.50
Mega Test (Ronald K. Hoeflin)80.47
Tests by Kevin Langdon (aggregate)30.35
Miscellaneous tests90.18
Graduate Record Examination (prior to October 2002)30.03
Titan Test (Ronald K. Hoeflin)5-0.24
Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (I.Q.)3-0.67
Ultra Test (Ronald K. Hoeflin)3-0.85
W-87 (International Society for Philosophical Enquiry)3-0.89
Scholastic Aptitude Test (old)3-0.95

Weighted average of correlations: 0.391 (N = 102)

Estimated g factor loading: 0.62

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

Estimated loadings of Chimera High Ability Riddle Test (Bill Bultas) on particular item types

Not enough data to make this significant.

National medians for Chimera High Ability Riddle Test (Bill Bultas)

Country n median score
United_States1454.5

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 with national I.Q.'s of Chimera High Ability Riddle Test (Bill Bultas)

Correlation of this test with national average I.Q.'s published by Lynn and Vanhanen, later Lynn and Becker:

Correlation of Chimera High Ability Riddle Test (Bill Bultas) with personal details

Personalia n r
Disorders (parents and siblings)60.41
Year of birth190.35
Disorders (own)60.28
Sex1040.24
Father's educational level50.03
Educational level70.02
Observed associative horizon50.00
Observed behaviour5-0.12
Mother's educational level6-0.24

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.

Below 1st quartile0.79 (53)
Below median0.71 (85)
Above 510.48 (99)
Above 520.43 (77)
Above 530.35 (67)
Above 540.35 (67)
Above 55-0.20 (55)
Above 56-0.44 (38)

This table reveals that the test loses its g loading between raw scores 54 and 55. This means that almost all of the candidates have scored in the ceiling (I.Q. 140 when σ = 15) where the test can not distinguish between them.

Overall test quality