Development of an IQ test for New Zealand adults

Psychol Rep. 2008 Apr;102(2):389-97. doi: 10.2466/pr0.102.2.389-397.

Abstract

In 2003 and 2004 a television network in New Zealand showed a syndicated program called Test the Nation: The New Zealand IQ Test. This paper demonstrates how the IQ test was devised using item response theory, and evaluates the properties of the test using data from the TV program participants.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Age Factors
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intelligence / classification
  • Intelligence Tests / statistics & numerical data*
  • Internet / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • New Zealand
  • Psychometrics
  • Research Design
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Telephone / statistics & numerical data
  • Television / statistics & numerical data*
  • Wechsler Scales / statistics & numerical data