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My apologies for the OTness, but I hope I'm a familiar enough urgler for
people to judge that this isn't spam. I may possibly send this to one, and only one, other group. If you feel it's abusing the newsgroup, I can only apologise again, and plead that my intentions are honourable. My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
.. . My apologies for the OTness, but I hope I'm a familiar enough urgler for people to judge that this isn't spam. I may possibly send this to one, and only one, other group. If you feel it's abusing the newsgroup, I can only apologise again, and plead that my intentions are honourable. My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! -- Mike. Yes we know you sufficiently to assist, well I am anyway:-), but can we know what it is about before we 'plunge in' please. My this takes me back!! I am at present doing some research on some lectures I have been asked to provide details on and present sometime in the future :-)) Mike -- .................................................. ......... Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On 7 Feb, 12:33, "Mike Lyle"
wrote: My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site:http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php Fantastic! Mind ... there's a typo on excercise 48 :o) |
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In message , Mike Lyle
writes My apologies for the OTness, but I hope I'm a familiar enough urgler for people to judge that this isn't spam. I may possibly send this to one, and only one, other group. If you feel it's abusing the newsgroup, I can only apologise again, and plead that my intentions are honourable. My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! Great stuff. Bas and I have both done it. No test results yet. -- June Hughes |
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On 7 Feb, 14:06, Martin wrote:
Did you pass the test? :o) Well, it reminded me of the 11+. I love this kind of quiz :o) I await my GBP 20 random prize. Shame on you - the poor lad is a student!! I'll give him back his 20 quids. Which reminds me that I once gave back the money to a school quiz night - I felt so bad for them - and I removed my son from the school shortly after g |
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Have posted it on ukfd, Mike. My apologies for the OTness, but I hope I'm a familiar enough urgler for people to judge that this isn't spam. I may possibly send this to one, and only one, other group. If you feel it's abusing the newsgroup, I can only apologise again, and plead that my intentions are honourable. My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! -- Mike. -- June Hughes |
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I'm in to - about to do it now - tell him to keep the £20.00 as I'm sure
that he won't want the uni bar profits to plummet! "Mike Lyle" wrote in message .. . My apologies for the OTness, but I hope I'm a familiar enough urgler for people to judge that this isn't spam. I may possibly send this to one, and only one, other group. If you feel it's abusing the newsgroup, I can only apologise again, and plead that my intentions are honourable. My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message .. . My apologies for the OTness, but I hope I'm a familiar enough urgler for people to judge that this isn't spam. [...] Yes we know you sufficiently to assist, well I am anyway:-), but can we know what it is about before we 'plunge in' please. [...] That's very kind: one of the problems the youngsters have with this kind of thing is getting enough independent participants. But I'm afraid that, as I'm one of the guinea pigs, it might tend to invalidate the experiment if I knew what it was about!* My guess is probably much the same as yours: I imagine he's hoping to compare people's results on one kind of test with those on another, and see if there's any difference which can be correlated with other known factors. The task may be to compare two differing schools of thought; but I really have no idea. What I _do_ know is that I be not near so good at these 'ere tests nor I were fifty year ago! To Martin: yes, I spotted a typo, too; but I can't remember where it was. *I volunteered, for money, as a guinea pig at Birkbeck once. We were subjected by a succession of graduate students to a battery of tests in ascending order of weirdness, and it wasn't till afterwards that we realised we'd been tested not on the activities themselves, but on our reactions to being set impossible tasks! At least this one isn't like that. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On 7 Feb, 21:16, "Mike Lyle"
wrote: That's very kind: one of the problems the youngsters have with this kind of thing is getting enough independent participants. But I'm afraid that, as I'm one of the guinea pigs, it might tend to invalidate the experiment if I knew what it was about!* My guess is probably much the same as yours: I imagine he's hoping to compare people's results on one kind of test with those on another, and see if there's any difference which can be correlated with other known factors. The task may be to compare two differing schools of thought; but I really have no idea. My son did a similar exercise a few months ago with questionnaire addressed to possible employers and if/why/when/ etc. they would employ a 16 years old. He does economic and loves it - I had to however spend a whole evening stuffing envelopes and sending it to suppliers, friends and whoever crossed my mind. What we wouldn't do for our lil' ones. To Martin: yes, I spotted a typo, too; but I can't remember where it was. I spotted the mistake on exercise 48, thankyouverymuch. It reads 'on the of the on the'. Poor lad ;o) |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message .. . My apologies for the OTness, but I hope I'm a familiar enough urgler for people to judge that this isn't spam. I may possibly send this to one, and only one, other group. If you feel it's abusing the newsgroup, I can only apologise again, and plead that my intentions are honourable. My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! But, as I don't have a educational qualification which is listed, I can't contribute! Bloody stupid! -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. If colonials are allowed, I need a translation, since my knowledge of English is incomplete: GCSE A-Level ?? There seems not to be a box for "The dean said to go away and never darken these hallowed halls again," sometimes known here as "dean's _other_ list. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote: He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. If colonials are allowed, I need a translation, since my knowledge of English is incomplete: GCSE A-Level ?? "Finished HS with scores good enough for university" is near enough for government work. There seems not to be a box for "The dean said to go away and never darken these hallowed halls again," sometimes known here as "dean's _other_ list. Well, I'm a colonial too, you know! We're taking over the world: the Brits are getting used to it, though. I don't know, for you and Alan, why the list of qualifications is so limited. It looks like an oversight not to have added an "Other" box. I'll mention it to him in case it's relevant to his conclusions. Sorry, Puce: I knew _somebody_ had spotted the typo! -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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*I volunteered, for money, as a guinea pig at Birkbeck once. We were subjected by a succession of graduate students to a battery of tests in ascending order of weirdness, and it wasn't till afterwards that we realised we'd been tested not on the activities themselves, but on our reactions to being set impossible tasks! At least this one isn't like that. We subject some of our job applicants to an assessment centre, one of the activities of which is an exercise in building a structure to help us assess how well the applicants work in a team. Even when we tell them the exercise is about team working, they are still convinced the important thing is how good the structure is. -- Kay |
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On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:16:17 +0000, Mike Lyle wrote
(in article ): 'Mike' wrote: "Mike Lyle" wrote in message .. . My apologies for the OTness, but I hope I'm a familiar enough urgler for people to judge that this isn't spam. [...] Yes we know you sufficiently to assist, well I am anyway:-), but can we know what it is about before we 'plunge in' please. [...] That's very kind: one of the problems the youngsters have with this kind of thing is getting enough independent participants. But I'm afraid that, as I'm one of the guinea pigs, it might tend to invalidate the experiment if I knew what it was about!* My guess is probably much the same as yours: I imagine he's hoping to compare people's results on one kind of test with those on another, and see if there's any difference which can be correlated with other known factors. The task may be to compare two differing schools of thought; but I really have no idea. Well I for one didn't need to know what it was about - it was sufficient to know you as an urgler. I have to say this took me back to 11 Plus days - people of my generation will remember those exams! I had great fun doing it but found some of the questions surprisingly hard (and some very easy, natch). I look forward to hearing whether I've got a place in my nearest grammar school! Good luck to your son. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message .. . My apologies for the OTness, but I hope I'm a familiar enough urgler for people to judge that this isn't spam. I may possibly send this to one, and only one, other group. If you feel it's abusing the newsgroup, I can only apologise again, and plead that my intentions are honourable. My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! -- Mike. Survived it...........I HATE mental arithmetic ! Jenny |
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Sadly all I get from the link is.
Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module. in /home/hudson/ug/d34xwt/public_html/index.php on line 5 Mike (another one) |
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On 8 Feb, 08:22, "JennyC" wrote:
Survived it...........I HATE mental arithmetic ! I think you will prefer this one .... no math ;o) Check the link below and take 5 minutes to fill the questionnaire. He is starting his own business and needs your ideas and views. There's 20 bottle of organic wines to be won! He's a nice chap and you can trust his genuine call. Please forward it to anybody you know. Thanks :o) http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=40403149949 |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On 9 Feb 2007 03:10:18 -0800, "La Puce" wrote: On 8 Feb, 08:22, "JennyC" wrote: Survived it...........I HATE mental arithmetic ! I think you will prefer this one .... no math ;o) Check the link below and take 5 minutes to fill the questionnaire. He is starting his own business and needs your ideas and views. There's 20 bottle of organic wines to be won! I've been barred, cos I don't have a higher education certificate! Alan |
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writes "Martin" wrote in message .. . On 9 Feb 2007 03:10:18 -0800, "La Puce" wrote: On 8 Feb, 08:22, "JennyC" wrote: Survived it...........I HATE mental arithmetic ! I think you will prefer this one .... no math ;o) Check the link below and take 5 minutes to fill the questionnaire. He is starting his own business and needs your ideas and views. There's 20 bottle of organic wines to be won! I've been barred, cos I don't have a higher education certificate! No, Alan. Give it a try. It's fun. Only thing is, it would be nice to know how we did:) -- June Hughes |
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I echo that - I know I did aweful in the memory part - testing postal
addresses - but would like to know. Have passed the link to all my family and friends - the choice to partake is up to them. Only thing is, it would be nice to know how we did:) -- June Hughes |
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On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 20:14:13 +0000, June Hughes wrote
(in article ): In message , Alan Holmes writes [Re IQ test] I've been barred, cos I don't have a higher education certificate! No, Alan. Give it a try. It's fun. Only thing is, it would be nice to know how we did:) I agree. I gave my email address, but no results yet! Alan, if you want to do it why don't you just select the nearest equivalent qualification. No-one will know!! -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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"Sally Thompson" wrote in message al.net... On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 20:14:13 +0000, June Hughes wrote (in article ): In message , Alan Holmes writes [Re IQ test] I've been barred, cos I don't have a higher education certificate! No, Alan. Give it a try. It's fun. Only thing is, it would be nice to know how we did:) I agree. I gave my email address, but no results yet! I don't know when the results will be revealed. But knowing my younger children's tendency to leave things till the last minute. . . Alan, if you want to do it why don't you just select the nearest equivalent qualification. No-one will know!! Quite so. I've consulted the quizmaster about Alan's case, and he says it doesn't matter: "just put the nearest"; but confesses that an "Other" box would have been sensible. I don't know from this whether we can safely deduce that the experiment has nothing at all to do with people's paper level of education, or that more than one thing is being investigated, so that a few outliers* in each category are only to be expected. *Or, indeed, outright liars: I had to resist a temptation to go fictitious so he couldn't identify me! Do have a go if you still feel like it, Alan: it _is_ fun, and the extra stats would be appreciated. Though a tenured professor at Another University did claim she had to go and have a lie-down afterwards. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , Alan Holmes writes "Martin" wrote in message . .. On 9 Feb 2007 03:10:18 -0800, "La Puce" wrote: On 8 Feb, 08:22, "JennyC" wrote: Survived it...........I HATE mental arithmetic ! I think you will prefer this one .... no math ;o) Check the link below and take 5 minutes to fill the questionnaire. He is starting his own business and needs your ideas and views. There's 20 bottle of organic wines to be won! I've been barred, cos I don't have a higher education certificate! No, Alan. Give it a try. It's fun. No, I'm serious, I didn't have anything which fitted the selection. And there wasn't the option of 'none of the above'! Alan |
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"Sally Thompson" wrote in message al.net... On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 20:14:13 +0000, June Hughes wrote (in article ): In message , Alan Holmes writes [Re IQ test] I've been barred, cos I don't have a higher education certificate! No, Alan. Give it a try. It's fun. Only thing is, it would be nice to know how we did:) I agree. I gave my email address, but no results yet! Alan, if you want to do it why don't you just select the nearest equivalent qualification. No-one will know!! So I could select the PhD? Alan |
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"Alan McKenzie" wrote in message ... I echo that - I know I did aweful in the memory part - testing postal addresses - but would like to know. They were thought up by someone evil :~) Jenny |
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"Anne Jackson" wrote in message ... The message from "Alan Holmes" contains these words: "Martin" wrote in message ... On 9 Feb 2007 03:10:18 -0800, "La Puce" wrote: On 8 Feb, 08:22, "JennyC" wrote: Survived it...........I HATE mental arithmetic ! I think you will prefer this one .... no math ;o) Check the link below and take 5 minutes to fill the questionnaire. He is starting his own business and needs your ideas and views. There's 20 bottle of organic wines to be won! I've been barred, cos I don't have a higher education certificate! Well, technically, so am I....so I told a fib! (Then I e-mailed Mike to tell him so!) ;-) I did try that, and got started, but after a short while the questions got far to difficult for me, so I had to give up! Alan -- AnneJ |
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I'm exactly the same - postal addresses - badly let me down.
I to have passed it to everyone I know, at work today one of my colleagues said thanks for the e-mail - his wife is going to tackle it - she is a university lecturer - midwifery i believe and then pass it on to others hopefully he will have a good responce. "Alan McKenzie" wrote in message ... I echo that - I know I did aweful in the memory part - testing postal addresses - but would like to know. Have passed the link to all my family and friends - the choice to partake is up to them. Only thing is, it would be nice to know how we did:) -- June Hughes |
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In article , Mike Lyle
writes I don't know from this whether we can safely deduce that the experiment has nothing at all to do with people's paper level of education, or that more than one thing is being investigated, so that a few outliers* in each category are only to be expected. I'm afraid I found myself arguing with the questions:) The wheelbarrows looked identical to me, i.e. a & B looked alike and C & D looked alike, and I couldn't work out the paper folding patterns as none of them worked accurately with some of the shapes:) Still very interesting half and hour - I'll pass it on Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... In article , Mike Lyle writes I don't know from this whether we can safely deduce that the experiment has nothing at all to do with people's paper level of education, or that more than one thing is being investigated, so that a few outliers* in each category are only to be expected. I'm afraid I found myself arguing with the questions:) The wheelbarrows looked identical to me, i.e. a & B looked alike and C & D looked alike, and I couldn't work out the paper folding patterns as none of them worked accurately with some of the shapes:) Still very interesting half and hour - I'll pass it on Many thanks. I'm not convinced all the patterns did display absolutely as intended, but one always argues with the questions on these occasions! The wheelbarrows gave me pause, too, till I spotted the differences. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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In article , Mike Lyle
writes Many thanks. I'm not convinced all the patterns did display absolutely as intended, but one always argues with the questions on these occasions! The wheelbarrows gave me pause, too, till I spotted the differences. -- Mike. Do we get the results of the individual tests automatically Mike? Haven't heard anything yet. Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message .. . .. My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! I just got this back "Your IQ is: 133 Thanks for taking part in the survey. You will be notified of the prize-draw winner in late Spring." Which is about what I expected from a short online IQ test. Whenever you get more than two standard deviations above or below the norm things tend to get hazy. I was hoping he would give us access to his completed data though, with anonymity of course. Tom |
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writes "Mike Lyle" wrote in message . .. . My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! I just got this back "Your IQ is: 133 Thanks for taking part in the survey. You will be notified of the prize-draw winner in late Spring." Which is about what I expected from a short online IQ test. Whenever you get more than two standard deviations above or below the norm things tend to get hazy. I was hoping he would give us access to his completed data though, with anonymity of course. I haven't heard anything yet. -- June Hughes |
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"June Hughes" Tom writes I just got this back "Your IQ is: 133 I haven't heard anything yet. June Hughes Me neither. Jenny |
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writes In message , Tom writes "Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... . My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! I just got this back "Your IQ is: 133 Thanks for taking part in the survey. You will be notified of the prize-draw winner in late Spring." Which is about what I expected from a short online IQ test. Whenever you get more than two standard deviations above or below the norm things tend to get hazy. I was hoping he would give us access to his completed data though, with anonymity of course. I haven't heard anything yet. Just got it. 143 but I don't really know what that means. Bas did it too and he hasn't had a reply yet. -- June Hughes |
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June Hughes wrote:
In message , June Hughes writes In message , Tom writes "Mike Lyle" wrote in message .. . . My son at Durham University needs some data for his undergraduate dissertation, and has posted a short IQ test at the following site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/j.a.lyle/index.php He'd be very grateful to any volunteer guinea pigs kind-hearted enough to take part. It's anonymous, of course; but anybody who cares to supply an email address goes into a draw for a prize of £20! I just got this back "Your IQ is: 133 Thanks for taking part in the survey. You will be notified of the prize-draw winner in late Spring." Which is about what I expected from a short online IQ test. Whenever you get more than two standard deviations above or below the norm things tend to get hazy. I was hoping he would give us access to his completed data though, with anonymity of course. I haven't heard anything yet. Just got it. 143 but I don't really know what that means. Bas did it too and he hasn't had a reply yet. To all. (You probably don't want me clogging up the thread with individual replies.) That's very strange: I'd have expected the scores to be available immediately, since they must surely be machine-graded. I'll look into it. Of course his interpretation of the data won't be done by the computer, and that will take time. I've already let him know that a lot of those who kindly gave their time would be interested in some sort of debriefing document; but as that would be based on the dissertation as a whole it can only be done at the end. But I'll keep hounding him gently. -- Mike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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In message , Mike Lyle
writes To all. (You probably don't want me clogging up the thread with individual replies.) That's very strange: I'd have expected the scores to be available immediately, since they must surely be machine-graded. I'll look into it. Of course his interpretation of the data won't be done by the computer, and that will take time. I've already let him know that a lot of those who kindly gave their time would be interested in some sort of debriefing document; but as that would be based on the dissertation as a whole it can only be done at the end. But I'll keep hounding him gently. No worries, Mike. I would just like to know whether or not Bas has beaten me:) -- June Hughes |
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In article , Mike Lyle
writes To all. (You probably don't want me clogging up the thread with individual replies.) That's very strange: I'd have expected the scores to be available immediately, since they must surely be machine-graded. I'll look into it. Of course his interpretation of the data won't be done by the computer, and that will take time. I've already let him know that a lot of those who kindly gave their time would be interested in some sort of debriefing document; but as that would be based on the dissertation as a whole it can only be done at the end. But I'll keep hounding him gently. -- Mike. Good job someone else commented on the scores, I was really miffed that in my old age I could only get 144 out of poss. 200? But then I am a sad competitive individual anyway:) I'll wait and see what intellectually talented people such as Kay clock up before I assume I'm getting very much thicker as I get older :) Though on one question I ticked the box only to realise as it faded away that I had ticked the wrong one! Which probably goes to show I am also less dextrous than I used to be as well as getting dimmer. Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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writes In article , Mike Lyle writes To all. (You probably don't want me clogging up the thread with individual replies.) That's very strange: I'd have expected the scores to be available immediately, since they must surely be machine-graded. I'll look into it. Of course his interpretation of the data won't be done by the computer, and that will take time. I've already let him know that a lot of those who kindly gave their time would be interested in some sort of debriefing document; but as that would be based on the dissertation as a whole it can only be done at the end. But I'll keep hounding him gently. -- Mike. Good job someone else commented on the scores, I was really miffed that in my old age I could only get 144 out of poss. 200? But then I am a sad competitive individual anyway:) Well, Janet, I got 143, so you beat me by 1. From looking at a link on someone else's posting in this thread, I don't think it works the way you have posted, although I thought it did before I read the web page. 144 is apparently very high. snip Though on one question I ticked the box only to realise as it faded away that I had ticked the wrong one! Which probably goes to show I am also less dextrous than I used to be as well as getting dimmer. IIRC, one of the shapes looked to me as though it had a little curve at the corner of one of the triangle but that was probably an optical illusion. -- June Hughes |
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On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:43:59 +0000, June Hughes wrote
(in article ): In message , Janet Tweedy writes snip Good job someone else commented on the scores, I was really miffed that in my old age I could only get 144 out of poss. 200? But then I am a sad competitive individual anyway:) Me too - 144. But what makes you think it's out of 200? If it's meant to be a measure of IQ (though I don't take that seriously), surely no-one has an IQ of 200? I thought it was a nice bit of fun. Well, Janet, I got 143, so you beat me by 1. From looking at a link on someone else's posting in this thread, I don't think it works the way you have posted, although I thought it did before I read the web page. 144 is apparently very high. Oh goody! (not to beating you by 1, but to the high score, you understand. g) Though on one question I ticked the box only to realise as it faded away that I had ticked the wrong one! Which probably goes to show I am also less dextrous than I used to be as well as getting dimmer. IIRC, one of the shapes looked to me as though it had a little curve at the corner of one of the triangle but that was probably an optical illusion. I must admit, I would really like to know some time which ones I got wrong and why. I thought some of the shapes were quite hard - and the wheelbarrows were definitely difficult, as someone else has already said. You'd think gardeners would get the wheelbarrows right if nothing else! -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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In article et, Sally
Thompson writes I must admit, I would really like to know some time which ones I got wrong and why. I thought some of the shapes were quite hard - and the wheelbarrows were definitely difficult, as someone else has already said. You'd think gardeners would get the wheelbarrows right if nothing else! Sometimes. Those of us who do every crossword/questionnaire or quiz we come across are guilty of looking too hard at questions, suspecting a drawback or cunningly concealed ulterior motive or catch. The times I've struggled with a Telegraph question and given it to Tom who sees it immediately as being what it 'looks like' rather than any underlying mysterious solution :) but ............. HOOOOOORAAAAAAY ............... (sort of thread-related) I got a letter today to say I had won a packet of every Unwin Sweet Pea PLUS a ten pound voucher in the Gardening Answers Crossword competition last month! Never won anything before and am really delighted :) :) :) However ................ I've just received my order of 24 packets of special Sweet Peas from Roger Parsons .......... never mind, the Gardening Club will be great to use the seeds if I germinate, pot up, then sell for Club donations, then I can spread the good fortune. (Very superstitious, me) Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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