Development of an IQ test for New Zealand adults.
In 2003 and 2004 a television network in New Zealand showed a syndicated program called Test the Nation: The New Zealand IQ Test. This paper demonstrates how the IQ test was devised using item response theory, and evaluates the properties of the test using data from the TV program participants.
Faculty of Education, University of Auckland, P.O. Box 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. j.hattie@auckland.ac.nz
John
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Richard
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Fletcher
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