ULTRA: The Scoring
We made scoring ULTRA easy. Each question in Part II, the cognitive part
of the test, is worth ten points.
However, most questions have several “right” answers. That is, some
questions are worded in such a way that several good answers exist. Ten points are given for the one or two best
answers; one to 9 points for other answers.
Thus 500 is the maximum for Part II. In the Personal Information Part, Part
I, ten points are again awarded for the best possible answer to each question. Because “closeness” to one’s nearest
relatives varies, a maximum of 70 points is given to that question, for a total
of 250 points. Thus the maximum score for the entire
test is 750 points. One’s score is never
fixed. All can be improved. The norming analysis is not yet complete. Examinees may retake the test at
anytime. When norming data become
available -- we expect that analysis to be complete by January 15, 2012 – you
will be able to compare yourself to a sample of a normal population of persons
educated beyond high school.
The Normal Distribution curve. Most things of the same class in nature when
measured fall inside a normal distribution curve, the height of Norwegian pine
trees, the weight of ripe black olives, the length of human babies at birth,
the IQ’s of humans, etc. The original IQ
test, the Stanford – Binet, established the mid score, the median, at 100. 68.2 percent of a normal population were very
close to that median. Thus, people
scoring between 85 and 115 on the Stanford-Binet IQ test were considered
“average.”