Associatie - Statistics

© Mar 2007 Paul Cooijmans

This is the association subtest of the Netherlandic version of the Long Test For Genius, no longer in use. Currently only the English version of the Test For Genius (Revision 2004) is in use, to prevent candidates from comparing the different language versions to thus gain an advantage. Also, there was very little interest in the non-English versions.

The lack of interest is regrettable, since the problems of the Netherlandic verbal subtests, just as those of the nonverbal subtests, are of an exceptional quality. Some of them live on in the English TFG, and those that have no English versions are now revived in De Golfstroomtest.

Norms

Scores

9 *
12 *
14 **
17 **
18 **
19 *
20 *
21 *
25 **
27 *
28 **
29 *
35 ***

Correlation with other tests

Test#cor
De Laatste Test31
A-22 - Early experimental association test in Netherlandic, 27 items (maximum score 31)30.96
Drenth number series50.89
The Test To End All Tests30.86
Long Test For Genius (NL)160.79
Cooijmans Intelligence Test - Form 130.77
Analogies of Long Test For Genius (NL)170.59
Space, Time and Hyperspace170.52
Mega Test30.34
Numbers120.22
Short Test For Genius7-0.01
Cattell Culture Fair9-0.18
Hoeflin Power Test3-0.35
Unknown tests4-0.8

Weighted average of correlations: 0.425

Conservatively estimated minimum g loading: 0.65

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 to obtain the true, honest statistics; correlations are not artificially inflated by leaving out ceiling scores, outliers or other anomalies.

National averages

Country# scoresAverage score
Netherlands1722.5
Belgium219

For reasons of privacy, only countries with 2 or more candidates are included in this table. Ranking is based on the unrounded averages.

Correlation with personal details

Personalia#cor
PSIA Orderly31
PSIA Introverted30.83
PSIA Just30.76
PSIA Deviance factor40.6
PSIA Extreme30.5
PSIA Aspergoid30.42
PSIA True30.36
PSIA Cold30.24
Is male200.2
PSIA Cruel30.1
PSIA Ethics factor40.09
Educational level6-0.08
PSIA Neurotic3-0.1
PSIA Rare3-0.2
PSIA Rational3-0.28
Disorders (own)6-0.36
Disorders (parents and siblings)6-0.36
Mother's educational level6-0.56
Father's educational level5-0.72
Is resident of the European Union3-0.83
PSIA Antisocial3-0.86
Year of birth8-0.87

Correlation with national IQs

Correlation of this test with national average IQs published by Lynn and Vanhanen:

Scores by age

Age group# testeesAverage score
60 to 64128
50 to 54120
40 to 44224.5
35 to 39431
30 to 34324.3
25 to 29619.5
22 to 2419
18 or 19112
15114

Scores by year taken

Year taken# testeesAverage score
1996723.1
1997315.3
1999324.3
2000127
2001119
2002112
2004326.3
2005128

Correlation year taken vs average score = 0.29
n = 20

Reliability and standard error

Using the "split-half" method:

Robustness and overall test quality

Item analysis

Item statistics are not published as that would help future candidates. To detect bad items, answers and comments from testees are studied, as well as, for each problem, the correlation with total score (validity of the item in this test) and the proportion of candidates getting it wrong (hardness of the item). Possible bad items are removed or revised, resulting in a revised version of the test.

Most of this report was generated by software created 2002-present by Paul Cooijmans.