T  h  e   F  i  n  a  l   T  e  s  t

                             2nd preliminary norming
                                   March, 1998

                                 Paul  Cooijmans
                                  De Wolwever 39
                                5737 AD Lieshout
                                   Netherlands

       The Final Test was published in Noesis 124 and In-Genius 126, and can
also be found on  http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch .  A paper copy can be obtained
from the above address for one dollar.

       The test originally consisted of 61 verbal analogies, but was trimmed to
52 when the first preliminary norming was performed early 1997.  This norming was
represented by the formula "IQ = raw score x 1.01 + 128.22".  The removed items
were, according to the numbering on the 62-item version, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13,
21, 33 and 42.

       A second norming study is undertaken to make full use of the now availa-
ble data and encourage potential testees to take the test.  The scores so far are
2, 2, 4, 4.5, 5, 11.5, 15.5, 17.5, 19.5, 22.5, 33, 35, 36, 44, 45.5 and 47 right
out of 52.  The below table shows correlations with prior test scores for tests
for which more than 3 scores were reported.  To make maximum use of the available
prior scores, the remaining scores are combined in (apparently) coherent groups
to make computation of aggregate correlations possible.

       Tests                                                     #      r

       Association/Number (subtests of long TFG)                 4      .99
       Titan (Hoeflin)                                           5      .98
       Mega (Hoeflin)                                            5      .97
       Test for Genius (short)                                   14     .96
       Test for Genius (long, Total score)                       7      .96
       Nemesis Test/Test To End All Tests/Chimera Test (latter
       by Bill Bultas)                                           10     .96
       WAIS/Wechsler-Bellevue/GRE/MAT/LAIT/LSFIT                 7      .93
       Chimera High Ability Riddle Test (Bultas)                 9      .8
       Cattell Culture Fair/Drenth number series/NUTE number
       series                                                    6      .78
       Ultra/Power (Hoeflin)                                     5      .73
       W-87/Quest/Möbius                                         5      .37

       Used in the norming are all except W-87, Quest and Möbius.  In case of
the Nemesis Test, Test To End All Tests, Chimera Test and Power Test this means
to use early preliminary normings; the present author however does not at all
consider that a problem.  The 72 used score pairs are arranged in two columns in
numerical order, the highest raw score facing the highest prior score, etc.  All
prior scores are, where needed, converted to IQ's on a scale with 16 points per
standard deviation.  Basically the median of the prior IQ's facing each raw score
is used to norm that score, and missing scores are normed by interpolation.
Scores below 2 are given as "lower than" and scores above 47 are normed on face
value.  The following table results ("G" is the number of analogies answered
correctly):


 G       IQ     %ile    15     144    99.7          34     164     99.997
                        16     145    99.75         35     165     99.998
                        17     146    99.79         36     166     99.9983
                        18     147    99.83         37     167     99.9987
 0      <127            19     148    99.87         38     168     99.999
 1      <127            20     149    99.89         39     169     99.9994
 2       127    95.4    21     149    99.89         40     170     99.9995
 3       129    96.5    22     150    99.91         41     171     99.9996
 4       132    97.7    23     151    99.93         42     172     99.9997
 5       133    98      24     152    99.94         43     173     99.99976
 6       134    98.3    25     154    99.96         44     174     99.9998
 7       135    98.5    26     155    99.97         45     175     99.99985
 8       136    98.7    27     156    99.98         46     176     99.9999
 9       137    98.9    28     158    99.986        47     177     99.99992
 10      138    99.1    29     159    99.989        48     181     99.99998
 11      140    99.3    30     160    99.992        49     186     99.999997
 12      141    99.4    31     161    99.993        50     192     99.9999994
 13      142    99.5    32     162    99.994        51     199     99.99999996
 14      143    99.6    33     163    99.996        52    >207     99.999999999

       Two items are unsolved to date.  Item analysis will be done as soon as
the harder problems are solved by sufficient numbers of testees.  The test was
free in the late 1996/early 1997 period, but currently the testing fee is US $5
or 10 Dutch guilders.

       This test is accepted for admission to The Glia Society (22 right) and
The Giga Society (50.5 right), and other societies may also accept it.  The Glia
Society's norm on this test used to be IQ 160, as that society's policy is to
demand a higher score on one-sided tests than on wide-range tests, but in view of
the Final Test's apparent very high correlation with wide-range tests the
Administrator of TGS felt forced to lower the norm to IQ 150, just as it is on
wide-range tests.

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