Help me out by taking this spatial ability test

Post by omegant » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 4:40 PM UTC

asher_ wrote: post #39

bambax wrote: post #37

9/9... but with submitting twice (first try: 7/9) The tests that have only different symbols are much easier than the ones where symbols are repeated. For example for question 1, without actually building the whole of the cube in one's head, it's quite obvious that the circle is always on the left side of the heart, except in one case where it will be at the top, and since the cubes have to be absolutely identical on…

Yes, there are many moderators of difficulty. We had some requirements for the test which included graded difficulty from very easy to very hard to be able to separate out people of different abilities over a regular population. We were supposed to design the first question so that 100% of people got it correct; to be an easy, practice type question. Also, you guys aren't even getting to see our hardest questions :D…

Post by twelvechairs » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 4:43 PM UTC

asher_ wrote: post #48

T-hawk wrote: post #44

Looking for opposing face pairs is the easy method, and works on most of the questions (I think 6 of the 9.) If all the opposing pairs are the same, there are two more ways to distinguish. One is the placement of the symbols relative to each other; the chirality of the whole object. For an example, think of a six-sided die. Position it so that the 6 is on top and 2 is towards you. The left and right faces will be the…

What I have found is that the higher intelligence/spatial ability type people are able to use these types of techniques on more difficult questions. I do very well on traditional spatial tests because they are trivial with relational or structural comparison. Here is a real challenge.. can you think of a design for a spatial ability test (that is able to be done on pen/paper) that does not allow for this type of stra…

Post by petdog » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 6:24 PM UTC

bambax wrote: post #37

9/9... but with submitting twice (first try: 7/9) The tests that have only different symbols are much easier than the ones where symbols are repeated. For example for question 1, without actually building the whole of the cube in one's head, it's quite obvious that the circle is always on the left side of the heart, except in one case where it will be at the top, and since the cubes have to be absolutely identical on…