At least, assuming people actually use the group-of-adults method, which I don’t really expect them to.
That is, you would expect people to say “well, I want my IQ to be 145, so let’s calculate the percentile for that, and then use that percentile to calculate the group size”? Or that they’d just leave the question blank?
I’d expect a lot of people to leave the question blank if there are other IQ questions. I’d also expect a lot of people to work backwards from scores, more or less formally—I don’t think I’d expect many people to actually do the math or track down a normal distribution calculator, but thinking like “well, I got 99th percentile on that standardized test in high school, so I’ll say 100” would probably be common.
To be fair, that’s probably more accurate than what you’d get by counting up the number of people you know who’re smarter than you.
That is, you would expect people to say “well, I want my IQ to be 145, so let’s calculate the percentile for that, and then use that percentile to calculate the group size”? Or that they’d just leave the question blank?
I’d expect a lot of people to leave the question blank if there are other IQ questions. I’d also expect a lot of people to work backwards from scores, more or less formally—I don’t think I’d expect many people to actually do the math or track down a normal distribution calculator, but thinking like “well, I got 99th percentile on that standardized test in high school, so I’ll say 100” would probably be common.
To be fair, that’s probably more accurate than what you’d get by counting up the number of people you know who’re smarter than you.