There are convenient ways researchers can collect IQ scores and correlate the observed scores with measures of self-reported health, socio-economic attainment, personality or political views. In platforms such as Prolific or MTurk, participants make money in their spare time by completing tasks. Designing a test that displays both a high loading on the general factor of intelligence, while avoiding measurement bias and bad quality data from online participants, is quite a challenging task.
(update: July 19th 2024)
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- Introduction page content
- Item’s pass rate and g-loading
- Lazy and dishonest test takers
- Short versus long test
- Scrolling dilemma
- Item type “write-in”
- Instruction and rules
- Cultural content and cultural bias
- Computerized Ability Test
The issues related to online testing are illustrated based on the numerous IQ tests Jurij Fedorov devised, with my assistance, using Alchemer’s professional software.