Personality Scales for Intelligent Adults - Statistics of Neurotic scale

© Paul Cooijmans

Introduction

These statistics are from the version of the PSIA that was in use from 2003 to 2007, and was highly similar to the later Revision 2007. The scores are t-scores (mean = 50, σ = 10) normed on an earlier group (partly overlapping this one) so this group may not have an exact mean and σ of 50 and 10. An explanation of the scale can be found through the test's order page.

Explanatory and analytical remarks regarding the interpretation of the statistics are purposely largely avoided, so it is up to the reader to study the report carefully and thus obtain a clear impression of the test's validity — that is, "what it measures". Although the statistics sometimes reveal an almost chilling discriminative power, experience shows that explicitly observing that in a remark tends to evoke negative responses in persons who recognize themselves ("Your remark betrays that your are biased! The test only measures your personal biases!", et cetera).

Scores on PSIA Neurotic as of 18 February 2023

Contents type: Personality test other than for mental ability.   Period: 2003-2007

11 *
17 *
26 **
27 ***
28 *
29 *
30 **
31 *******
32 **
33 *
34 ***
35 *******
36 ***********
37 *********
38 ******
39 ******
40 **********
41 ***********
42 ************
43 ************
44 ************
45 ****
46 ********
47 **********
48 **********
49 **************
50 ***********
51 ************
52 ********
53 *************
54 ********
55 *********
56 *****
57 *****
58 *********
59 ***
60 ****
61 ***
62 ****
63 ***********
64 *
65 **
66 *
67 *****
69 ****
70 ***
73 ***
74 *****

Scores by males

n = 238

11 *
17 *
26 **
27 **
28 *
29 *
30 **
31 ******
32 *
33 *
34 ***
35 ******
36 ***********
37 ********
38 ******
39 ****
40 *********
41 *********
42 **********
43 ***********
44 **********
45 **
46 ******
47 *********
48 *******
49 ************
50 ********
51 *********
52 *****
53 ************
54 ******
55 ********
56 ****
57 ****
58 ******
59 ***
60 **
61 ***
62 ****
63 *******
64 *
65 **
66 *
67 ***
69 ***
70 **
73 **
74 **

Scores by females

n = 57

27 *
31 *
32 *
35 *
37 *
39 **
40 *
41 **
42 **
43 *
44 **
45 **
46 **
47 *
48 ***
49 **
50 ***
51 ***
52 ***
53 *
54 **
55 *
56 *
57 *
58 ***
60 **
63 ****
67 **
69 *
70 *
73 *
74 ***

Correlation of PSIA Neurotic with other mental ability tests

Test name n r
Cooijmans On-Line Test60.88
Letters40.84
Mega Test (Ronald K. Hoeflin)40.69
Short Test For Genius40.66
Problems In Gentle Slopes of the second degree40.64
Logima Strictica 36 (Robert Lato)160.36
European I.Q. Test60.36
Qoymans Automatic Test #350.33
Cattell Culture Fair120.30
Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 2200.29
Non-Verbal Cognitive Performance Examination (Xavier Jouve)200.28
Verbal section of Test For Genius - Revision 2004260.24
Cartoons of Shock80.23
Numbers160.22
Daedalus Test40.21
916 Test (Laurent Dubois)50.20
Reason Behind Multiple-Choice110.19
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #560.17
Tests by Greg Grove (aggregate)140.15
The Nemesis Test80.14
Sigma Test (Melão Hindemburg)100.11
Reason130.08
Words40.08
Culture Fair Numerical Spatial Examination - Final version (Etienne Forsström)120.07
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #260.06
Odds70.05
Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (I.Q.)60.05
Strict Logic Spatial Exam 48 (Jonathan Wai)40.04
Test For Genius - Revision 2004260.04
Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (raw)80.03
Space, Time, and Hyperspace230.01
Cito-toets50.00
Scholastic Aptitude Test (old)8-0.01
The Sargasso Test11-0.06
Test of Shock and Awe9-0.06
American College Testing program7-0.07
Long Test For Genius9-0.07
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #491-0.07
Spatial section of Test For Genius - Revision 200426-0.08
Cooijmans On-Line Test - Two-barrelled version4-0.08
The Final Test22-0.11
Narcissus' last stand4-0.11
Lieshout International Mesospheric Intelligence Test17-0.12
Associative LIMIT7-0.12
Test of the Beheaded Man9-0.12
Isis Test13-0.13
The Test To End All Tests16-0.15
Reason Behind Multiple-Choice - Revision 20086-0.16
KIT Intelligence Test - first attempts9-0.17
Genius Association Test29-0.17
The Bonsai Test - Revision 20165-0.18
Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 17-0.20
Association subtest of Long Test For Genius14-0.20
Test of Inductive Reasoning / J.C.T.I. (Xavier Jouve)8-0.20
Unknown and miscellaneous tests57-0.21
Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 44-0.24
Spatial Insight Test14-0.26
Chimera High Ability Riddle Test (Bill Bultas)4-0.26
Reflections In Peroxide4-0.27
Psychometric Qrosswords5-0.31
Spatial section of The Marathon Test6-0.31
Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 39-0.32
International High IQ Society tests (aggregate)22-0.33
Tests by Nicolas Elenas (aggregate)6-0.33
Analogies of Long Test For Genius13-0.33
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales12-0.33
Reason - Revision 20086-0.33
Bonsai Test6-0.34
Strict Logic Sequences Exam I (Jonathan Wai)20-0.37
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #17-0.45
Numerical and spatial sections of The Marathon Test6-0.45
Numerical Insight Test8-0.49
Titan Test (Ronald K. Hoeflin)8-0.49
W-87 (International Society for Philosophical Enquiry)7-0.51
Qoymans Multiple-Choice #325-0.57
Numerical section of The Marathon Test6-0.57
Problems In Gentle Slopes of the third degree5-0.63
Graduate Record Examination5-0.64
Qoymans Automatic Test #14-0.68
The Marathon Test4-0.69
Epiq Tests (aggregate)7-0.69
Verbal section of The Marathon Test4-0.70
Evens4-0.77
Qoymans Automatic Test #24-0.86
Scholastic Aptitude Test (new)4-0.98

Weighted average of correlations: -0.093 (N = 950)

Estimated g factor loading: -0.31

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.

Correlation of PSIA Neurotic with other tests - for females

Test name n r
(80) Qoymans Multiple-Choice #411-0.26
(242) Unknown and miscellaneous tests4-0.40

Weighted average of correlations: -0.297 (N = 15)

Estimated g factor loading among females: -0.54

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 PSIA Neurotic 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.

Typeng loading of PSIA Neurotic on that type
Verbal276-0.36
Numerical61-0.48
Spatial90-0.32
Logical370.31
Heterogeneous198-0.07

N = 662

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

Balanced g loading = -0.18

National means for PSIA Neurotic

Country n mean score
Poland363.33
Mexico362.67
South_Africa455.50
United_Kingdom1352.15
India1251.83
United_States9850.23
Netherlands3447.62
China347.33
Italy347.33
Israel447.25
Sweden1746.53
Brazil746.29
Turkey445.75
Canada944.89
Korea_South344.67
Yugoslavia544.20
Germany1244.08
Spain642.83
Belgium842.00
Australia640.67
Finland539.00
Norway538.00

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

Correlation with national I.Q.'s of PSIA Neurotic

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

Correlation of PSIA Neurotic with personal details

Personalia n r
PSIA Aspergoid2950.59
PSIA Deviance factor2950.57
PSIA Introverted2950.51
Gifted Adult's Inventory of Aspergerisms180.45
PSIA Rare2950.43
Disorders (own)2920.41
PSIA Antisocial2950.35
Disorders (parents and siblings)2910.24
PSIA Cruel2950.23
Cooijmans Inventory of Neo-Marxist Attitudes90.21
Year of birth2920.20
PSIA Just2950.18
PSIA Extreme2950.11
Observed associative horizon100.10
Mother's educational level2790.06
PSIA Cold2950.06
Father's educational level2770.01
PSIA True295-0.05
PSIA System factor47-0.08
PSIA Rational295-0.13
PSIA Ethics factor295-0.16
Sex295-0.16
Educational level292-0.18
PSIA Orderly295-0.27
Observed behaviour19-0.33

Correlation with personal details of PSIA Neurotic - within females

Personalia n r
PSIA Deviance factor570.72
PSIA Rare570.62
PSIA Aspergoid570.61
Disorders (own)550.58
PSIA Introverted570.51
PSIA Extreme570.42
PSIA Antisocial570.40
Disorders (parents and siblings)540.27
Mother's educational level470.11
Father's educational level470.10
PSIA True570.09
PSIA Cruel570.09
PSIA System factor100.08
Educational level550.06
PSIA Just570.02
PSIA Ethics factor57-0.03
PSIA Orderly57-0.10
Year of birth55-0.11
PSIA Cold57-0.11
PSIA Rational57-0.25

Correlation with personal details of PSIA Neurotic - within males

Personalia n r
PSIA Aspergoid2380.62
PSIA Deviance factor2380.56
PSIA Introverted2380.53
PSIA Rare2380.40
Gifted Adult's Inventory of Aspergerisms150.39
Disorders (own)2370.37
PSIA Antisocial2380.35
PSIA Cruel2380.29
Year of birth2370.24
PSIA Just2380.24
Disorders (parents and siblings)2370.23
PSIA Cold2380.14
Mother's educational level2320.04
PSIA Extreme2380.03
Father's educational level2300.01
PSIA Rational238-0.04
PSIA True238-0.08
PSIA System factor37-0.11
PSIA Ethics factor238-0.20
Educational level237-0.22
Observed associative horizon9-0.26
Cooijmans Inventory of Neo-Marxist Attitudes8-0.28
PSIA Orderly238-0.31
Observed behaviour18-0.33

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 quartile0.54 (157)
Below median0.43 (373)
Above median-0.44 (518)
Above 3rd quartile-0.39 (297)

The bottom part has positive g loading, the upper part negative. On the whole it is negative.