What is normal as far as IQ is concerned?
147986
Generally, IQ tests have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15.  Most people are between 85 and 115.  A person with an IQ of 130 or higher is considered to be a genius; a person with an IQ of 70 or below is considered to be mentally retarded.\n\nSpecifically, average is 100, and any score above 100 would be above average.
518621
It's better to find out what the average score was for the particular IQ test you took, as all IQ tests are different.  They try to be as close to a standard as possible, but not all tests are created equal.  I scored something over 140 on one, but it may have been easier than the test you took.  I know that 120 was considered above average for the test I took.
167766
Well, according to Tickle.com, the average person taking their IQ test scored a 115.  The highest average was in DC, with 119, and the lowest was Mississippi, with 112. But, who really knows.  It's not like everyone in the countries take the stupid test.  I scored a 132, and guess where I live...Mississippi.  Go figure.
1011612
IQ tests are a good measure of overall intelligence, but it is not worth getting "hung up" over a score lower than average. Naturally we are all skilled in different areas, and a good IQ test will test you on all of these. Often people who are good at the literature based questions are not so strong on mathematical ones and vice versa. Also many online IQ tests copy questions, so people can become used to the types of questions they will answer. This isnt therefore testing IQ, but memory!!\n\nPersonally my IQ is 145, which is considered high, but I dont think this makes me any more intelligent than those with a lower score. \n\nI dont think intelligence can be measured - and I find the need to measure children on an IQ level quite disturbing.\n\nWhat does everyone else think?
79259
IQ Description% of Population\n130+Very superior2.2%\n120-129Superior6.7%\n110-119High average16.1%\n90-109Average50%\n80-89Low average16.1%\n70-79Borderline6.7%\nBelow 70Extremely low2.2%
816048
An i.q. score of 117 is in the high average range with a 90 to 109 being average. \n\nDescriptive Classifications of Intelligence Quotients\n \n \n \nIQ\n Description\n % of Population\n \n130+\n Very superior\n 2.2%\n \n120-129\n Superior\n 6.7%\n \n110-119\n High average\n 16.1%\n \n90-109\n Average\n 50%\n \n80-89\n Low average\n 16.1%\n \n70-79\n Borderline\n 6.7%\n \nBelow 70\n Extremely low\n 2.2%\n \nI hope this helps!
333732
anywhere from 200-250 is normal...just so you know...
843574
The average IQ is not much age variable.  IQ's within one standard deviation of the average can be considered "normal."  However, IQ is profoundly racially variable.  Here are the averages of IQs for several races.\n\nAsian: 104\nWhite: 102\nMestizo: 92\nUS-resident Black: 85\nAfrican Black: 70\n\nThe standard deviation for all these races is somewhere in the range of 12 to 15 IQ points.
1044544
IQ stands for intelligence quotient. Supposedly, it is a score that tells one how “bright” a person is compared to other people. The average IQ is by definition 100; scores above 100 indicate a higher than average IQ and scores below 100 indicate a lower that average IQ. Theoretically, scores can range any amount below or above 100, but in practice they do not meaningfully go much below 50 or above 150. \n\nHalf of the population have IQ’s of between 90 and 110, while 25% have higher IQ’s and 25% have lower IQ’s: \n\nDescriptive Classifications of Intelligence Quotients\n \n \n 130+\n Very superior\n 2.2%\n \n120-129\n Superior\n 6.7%\n \n110-119\n High average\n 16.1%\n \n90-109\n Average\n 50%\n \n80-89\n Low average\n 16.1%\n \n70-79\n Borderline\n 6.7%\n \nBelow 70\n Extremely low\n 2.2%
1129549
IQ Range Classification\n \n140 and over Genius or near genius \n120-140 Very superior intelligence \n110-120 Superior intelligence \n90-110 Normal or average intelligence \n80-90 Dullness \n70-80 Borderline deficiency \nBelow 70 Definite feeble-mindedness \n\nSo if you got 142, you are a GENIUS. ! CONGRATS!
115733
IQ scores are expressed as a number normalized so that the average IQ in an age group is 100. In other words, an individual scoring 115 is above average when compared to people in the same age group. It is common practice to standardize so that the standard deviation (σ) of scores is 15, although some IQ tests use difference scales (for example, the Stanford Binet IQ test uses a standard deviation of 16, and the Cattell IIIB test uses a standard deviation of 24). Tests are designed so that the distribution of IQ scores is Gaussian; that is, it follows a bell curve. A difference has been documented between the IQ score distributions of left-handed and right-handed test subjects; the distribution in left-handed people tends to cluster at the two extremes of the IQ scale.\n\n(The following numbers apply to IQ scales standard deviation σ = 15.) Roughly 68% of the population has an IQ between 85 and 115. The "normal" range, or range between −2 and +2 standard deviations from the mean, is between 70 and 130, and contains about 95% of the population. An accurate score below 70 may indicate mental retardation, and a score above 130 may indicate intellectual giftedness. Retardation may result from normal variation or from a genetic or developmental malady; analogously, some otherwise normal people are very short, and others have dwarfism. Giftedness appears to be normal variation; autistic savants have often astonishing cognitive powers but below-average IQ's.\n\nIt has been observed that scores outside the range 55 to 145 must be cautiously interpreted because there are smaller numbers of respondents with which to make comparisons in those ranges. Moreover, at such extreme values, the normal distribution is a less accurate estimate of the true IQ distribution.\n\nIn actuality there is a higher percentage of the population measured at 3 or more standard deviation levels on the test than the probabilities of the normal distribution would predict. Some IQ scoring procedures may attempt to integrate such clusters of statistical outliers into the curve by adjusting the scores so that they better represent actual probabilities (according to Silverman) and in these cases, scores around 145 and above may actually have been notably higher, were they not so adjusted.\n\nMost IQ tests in the United States tend to use a SD-15 or SD-16 scale, meaning that one standard deviation corresponds to +/- 16 points on the IQ scale. However, European IQ tests tend to use a SD-24 or SD-25 scale, resulting in discrepancies. Therefore, an IQ of 130 (+2 standard deviations) in the U.S. might correspond to an IQ of 148-150 in Europe. Due to these differences, percentiles are more accurate measurements than IQ numbers.
745971
Yes, it is absolutely fine.  It puts you on the high end of the average range.  The scores 85 to 115 are low average to high average.  However, an IQ score is just that - a number.  It is  not who you are.  Much more important than the number is what you do with it.
223778
The average IQ of any person is 100.  It doesn't matter how old you are, the tests are tailored to different age groups.
1023661
Here are the average IQs I know (I took an IQ test the other day and the report i got gave me these averages):\n\nMales- 115\nFemales- 109\nAges 18-25 -- 113\nAges 26-35-- 114\nAges 36-45 -- 114\nAges 46-55 -- 113\nAges 56-65 --112\nAges 66-75 --109\nAges 76-100 --106\nUnited States- 112\nCanada - 113\nUK - 112\nAustralia - 115\nIndia - 114\nPhilippines - 106\nNew Zealand - 113\nSouth Africa - 111\nPakistan- 108\nEgypt - 110\nHong Kong - 116\nIreland - 113\nMexico - 109\n\nIf you average out all of the countries listed you get about 112.
182379
Mild Mental Retardation, (IQ between 50-55 to approx. 70), according to the DSM-IV-TR this group constitues about 85% of those with mental retardation
575010
I'm not sure what EIQ is.  Now IQ is typically believed to be normally distributed.  Mean is 100, sd is usually around 15 or 16.\n\nUPDATE: Well purdue_engineer, maybe people are more inteligent at Big Ten schools!\n\nAnyway, IQ is normallized so that those statistics hold.
19383
According to the Wikipedia, The average IQ score is 100 by definition. \n\nIn terms of improving the IQ, a large amount of one's IQ is predetermined by genetic factors with the environment playing a role as well. The article says IQ can be improved by reading regularly and using the mind (problem solving, critical thinking, etc.).