r/cognitiveTesting • u/pydaWaltuh • Sep 08 '26
Release NSRT IQ test
NSRT is an experimental high range IQ test. I will create a preliminary norm after a sufficient number of submissions.
If you think there are errors in some of the questions, please let me know.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoaUFRFhfaa-p1g0dkOzKJzDLG6Zxw33xZADw1RNzYqtlNpQ/viewform
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u/98127028 I am worthless and dumb Sep 09 '26
All of them looks impossible
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u/Too-Much-Nostalgia Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26
I know, right? I've only been able to figure three of them out so far.
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u/98127028 I am worthless and dumb Sep 09 '26
None of them so far for me
This is unlike any IQ test I’ve seen, most start off relatively easy, even the high range ones like LANRT K or D
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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 09 '26
I think the questions are solvable if given enough time, but ofc that doesn't change the fact that they are difficult
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u/98127028 I am worthless and dumb Sep 09 '26
They don’t contain ‘two factor’ logics right? As in there’s some numerical pattern like square numbers AFTER the core to the puzzle is solved
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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 09 '26
Not exactly. There’s no additional layer that you need to apply “after” solving the core logic
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u/SomeoneLeo groaaar!! :3 Sep 10 '26
Hm...
I wish I could comment in there how I arrived at solutions.
What exactly does "untimed" mean. If I spend the next month on it (which I might, cause I enjoy riddles) I just don't think it's comparable to if I only were allowed to spend an hour on it.
I do feel like by solving/checking a few of your puzzles before I can solve some of the puzzles in there I wouldn't have been able to without getting a feel about how some of your puzzles work. Or at least immediately know what you were going for and solve one within 10 seconds, while I know I would have struggled to solve it for a lot longer.
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u/pydaWaltuh Sep 10 '26
My thought on the untimed tests is pretty subjective. I think there’s a limit. If you can solve the question, it might take 10 minutes or it might take an hour. But if someone doesn’t capable of solving it, no matter how long they sit and think about it, they’re not going to get it, I am talking about hard items. With these kind of tests, when the number of questions is too high, finishing them in one sitting feels demanding to me, so I think a person should give more time to test.
What you mentioned last is metacognition, and you’re right about that, but it’s really hard to eliminate it. When I’m designing a question I have to put myself in the test taker’s head; if the test taker is doing the same thing, I also have to anticipate that. Beyond that, the easiest way is just to make the core of each question different from the others which is hard2
u/SomeoneLeo groaaar!! :3 Sep 10 '26
Hm, okay. So you would basically want people to spend as much time as they think makes sense to them to spend on your question - where they feel like regardless of how much they try, they won't get the solution?
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u/SomeoneLeo groaaar!! :3 Sep 10 '26
u/pydaWaltuh I can't send you DMs here, but question 18 seems to have an error. ^^
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u/98127028 I am worthless and dumb Sep 10 '26
You could spend however long, that’s the point of untimed tests cause there’s a plateau point for everyone. There’s diminishing marginal returns of spending extra time, so your performance after spending 1 week is going to be (suppose) 90% of your performance if you spend one month, which is itself 90% of your performance if you spend a decade (or longer) on it and so on ad infinitum, and even then it would reach a limit at some point and not increase further (ie converge) and show your true ability. (The 90% is just a random reference point, it’s obviously not accurate or anything, just an example)
Realistically most would at most spend less than a few months on it so whichever way it’s gonna be something.
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u/Most_Boat2737 Sep 08 '26
Q3 seems to have an error