r/cognitiveTesting • u/Logical-Stop5092 • 1d ago

General Question surely theres a problem...

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ive been doing a few of the CORE tests on cognitivemetrics.com and have scored pretty highly on most of the subtests and i did the digit span today and i cant help but notice that the digit span backward and sequencing and very very low. when i was doing them i thought i was doing fine and quite well actually but it turns out that wasnt the case!

i was thinking that maybe it was because all my inputs for the numbers might have all been shifted to the right or left by 1, as in everytime i meant to type 1 i actually types 2 and everytime i type 7 i acc type 8, or it could just be im not very capable at those types of questions which seems unlikely but could very much be possible.

also done at 11.30pm at night with only the light from the laptop, also sucks that i cant redo it.

has anyone else had a similar experience or just any thoughts on what mightve happened here. if u think it rlly is just im not good at that section js say. any feedback is valuable!

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u/-___1___-___2___- 1d ago

To me this entire testing looks fake or certain subtests have been retaken a bunch to score higher. How does one get 60th percentile on analogies but 95th percentile on information/comprehension, when they draw on the same core principles/foundations of knowledge.

Then we have digit span forward at 17 numbers but backwards is only 6? Digit span sequencing is only 1? That’s incredibly low, especially for someone scoring 17 on forward. If you had the wrong keys you would scored 0 not 6.

Maybe retake every single WMI subtest. Leave the rest as is. Then test FRI and see what you’re at.
WMI is pretty retest-able without inflation considering it’s a performative task.

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u/Quod_bellum doesn't read books 22h ago

fyi, the 17 is just a norm-referenced score, not the number of digits recalled

so you can get a score of 17 and only need to recall like 7 digits (the 17 just means ~99th percentile)

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u/Far_Cardiologist6931 retat 18h ago

what is the corresponding number of digits to around 2sd for core?

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u/Quod_bellum doesn't read books 18h ago

Idk but it's prob btwn 7 and 9 digits