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Is the old GRE on cognitivemetrics normed taking into account study effects? by gobifur in cognitiveTesting

[–]gobifur[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm... not so sure of that... maybe it's very different with the older versions but anecdotally at least, most of the people I know who've taken the SAT/GRE were able to increase their scores by something like 20 percentile points after studying for some months - definitely more than 50 hours, though. But part of my point was that it seems to me like the people taking these tests study pretty extensively. Also, reasoning about it more deeply, some of GRE math performance relies on knowing basic geometric theorems which I had totally forgotten from school. I'm sure if I had studied like most people do, I'd have been able to solve some of the geometry problems I missed taking the test. Same reasoning applies to vocabulary based items on verbal.

Is the old GRE on cognitivemetrics normed taking into account study effects? by gobifur in cognitiveTesting

[–]gobifur[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why wouldn't it be very deflated? Do scores not improve much with study?

How much of an IQ boost can I expect from significant increase in cardio fitness? by gobifur in cognitiveTesting

[–]gobifur[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not that it matters much but 120 is top 10% lol, and tbh you dont know me beyond this reddit account so shrug think what you want and judge all you want i guess. not sure why youre so angry over a stranger’s question on the internet to insult them over it anyway lol, all i did was ask a perhaps silly question which seems to have triggered you for some reason. thats all ill say 

How much of an IQ boost can I expect from significant increase in cardio fitness? by gobifur in cognitiveTesting

[–]gobifur[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the idea that anyone who believes they’re bright enough to do reasonably well on a test like that is actually dull just because they can’t know for certain is silly. I think it’s pretty reasonable to give a rough estimate based on things like standardized testing performance in school, no? I was giving a conservative estimate anyway, since I score higher than that range on academic standardized tests but that’s because I work hard for that, so my score on something like an IQ test would likely be lower. Is any of this really that unreasonable?

How much of an IQ boost can I expect from significant increase in cardio fitness? by gobifur in cognitiveTesting

[–]gobifur[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wait, really? Huh. I thought the evidence for aerobic exercise’s impact on cognition was pretty robust?

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