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A '''high IQ society''' is an ] that limits its membership to people who have attained a specified high score on an ] test. The oldest, largest, and best-known such society is ],<ref>{{cite news |last=Percival |first=Matt |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/08/quest.genius/ |title=The Quest for Genius| accessdate=26 June 2015 |date=8 September 2008}}</ref> which was founded by ] and ] in 1946. Other societies are ], founded by Ralph Haines in 1966; the ], founded in 1978; the ]; and the ].
A '''high-IQ society''' is an organization that limits its membership to people who have attained a specified score on an ] test, usually in the top two percent of the population (98th percentile) or above.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Groeger |first=Lena |date=January 1, 2015 |title=When High IQs Hang Out |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-high-iqs-hang-out1/ |magazine=] |language=en |access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-11-26|title=The rise of children joining high-IQ society Mensa|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-50480137|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref> These may also be referred to as genius societies.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="MENSA Diamond Jubilee">{{Cite web|title=American Mensa Celebrates Its Diamond Jubilee|url=https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/american-mensa-celebrates-its-diamond-jubilee/|access-date=2021-01-29|website=American Mensa|language=en}}</ref> The largest and oldest such society is ], which was founded by ] and ] in 1946.<ref>{{cite news |last=Percival |first=Matt |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/08/quest.genius/ |title=The Quest for Genius| access-date=26 June 2015 |date=8 September 2008}}</ref><ref name="MENSA Diamond Jubilee"/>


==Entry requirements==
These people have big brains and the size of mensa
High IQ societies typically accept a variety of ] for membership eligibility, with some of the tests being tests devised by the organization founders and not validated by ]s. High-IQ societies typically accept a variety of ] tests for membership eligibility; these include ], ], and ], amongst many others deemed to sufficiently measure or correlate with intelligence. Tests deemed to insufficiently correlate with intelligence (e.g. ], in the case of ] and ]) are not accepted for admission.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=https://www.us.mensa.org/join/testscores/qualifying-test-scores/
|title=Qualifying test scores|website=American Mensa|access-date=2019-01-24
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
|url=https://www.intertel-iq.org/join-us
|title=Intertel - Join us
|website=www.intertel-iq.org
|access-date=2019-01-24
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://www.triplenine.org/HowtoJoin/TestScores.aspx
|title=Test Scores
|website=www.triplenine.org
|access-date=2019-01-24
}}</ref> As IQ significantly above 146 ] (approximately three-sigma) cannot be reliably measured with accuracy due to sub-test limitations and insufficient norming, IQ societies with cutoffs significantly higher than four-sigma should be considered dubious.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://www.triplenine.org/portals/0/Images/IQ-values-explained.jpg
|title=IQ values explained
|website=www.triplenine.org
|access-date=2019-01-24
}}</ref><ref name="Perleth Schatz Mönks page 301" >{{cite book
|last1=Perleth |first1=Christoph
|last2=Schatz |first2=Tanja
|last3=Mönks |first3=Franz J.
|title=International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent
|editor1-last=Heller |editor1-first=Kurt A.
|editor2-last=Mönks |editor2-first=Franz J.
|editor3-last=Sternberg |editor3-first=Robert J. |editor3-link=Robert Sternberg
|editor4-last=Subotnik |editor4-first=Rena F.
|display-editors = 3
|edition=2nd
|year=2000
|publisher=Pergamon |location=Amsterdam
|isbn=978-0-08-043796-5
|page=301 |chapter=Early Identification of High Ability
|quote=norm tables that provide you with such extreme values are constructed on the basis of random extrapolation and smoothing but not on the basis of empirical data of representative samples.
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book
|last=Urbina |first=Susana
|title=The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence
|editor1-last=Sternberg |editor1-first=Robert J. |editor1-link=Robert Sternberg
|editor2-last=Kaufman |editor2-first=Scott Barry
|year=2011
|chapter=Chapter 2: Tests of Intelligence
|pages=20–38
|publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge
|isbn=9780521739115
|quote= is just one of the reasons to be suspicious of reported IQ scores much higher than 160
}}</ref>


==Societies==
The highest reported standard score for most IQ tests is IQ 160, approximately the 99.997th ] (leaving aside the issue of the considerable error in ] at that level of IQ on any IQ test).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hunt |first=Earl |title=Human Intelligence |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-70781-7 |laysummary=http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item2712761/?site_locale=en_GB |laydate=28 April 2013 |year=2011 |page=8 }}</ref> IQ scores above this level are dubious, as there are insufficient ] cases upon which to base a statistically justified rank-ordering.<ref name="Perleth Schatz Mönks page 301">{{cite book |last1=Perleth |first1=Christoph |last2=Schatz |first2=Tanja |last3=Mönks |first3=Franz J. |title=International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent |editor1-last=Heller |editor1-first=Kurt A. |editor2-last=Mönks |editor2-first=Franz J. |editor3-last=Sternberg |editor3-first=Robert J. |editor4-last=Subotnik |editor4-first=Rena F. |editor3-link=Robert Sternberg |edition=2nd |year=2000 |publisher=Pergamon |location=Amsterdam |isbn=978-0-08-043796-5 |page=301 |chapter=Early Identification of High Ability |quote=norm tables that provide you with such extreme values are constructed on the basis of random extrapolation and smoothing but not on the basis of empirical data of representative samples. |laysummary=http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Resources_id_12591.aspx |laydate=6 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Urbina |first=Susana |title=The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence |editor1-last=Sternberg |editor1-first=Robert J. |editor1-link=Robert Sternberg |editor2-last=Kaufman |editor2-first=Scott Barry |year=2011 |chapter=Chapter 2: Tests of Intelligence |pages=20–38 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=9780521739115 |laysummary=http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6173718/ |laydate=9 February 2012 |quote= is just one of the reasons to be suspicious of reported IQ scores much higher than 160 }}</ref> High IQ scores are less ] than IQ scores nearer to the population ].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Identification: The Theory and Practice of Identifying Students for Gifted and Talented Education Services |last1=Lohman |first1=David F. |last2=Foley Nicpon |first2=Megan |editor-last=Hunsaker |editor-first=Scott |chapter=Chapter 12: Ability Testing & Talent Identification |pages=287–386 |chapterurl=https://faculty.education.uiowa.edu/docs/default-source/dlohman/ability-testing-and-talent-identification.pdf?sfvrsn=0 |year=2012 |publisher=Prufrock |location=Waco (TX) |isbn=978-1-931280-17-4 |laysummary=http://www.prufrock.com/Identification-The-Theory-and-Practice-of-Identifying-Students-for-Gifted-and-Talented-Education-Services-P1816.aspx |laydate=14 July 2013 |quote=The concerns associated with SEMs are actually substantially worse for scores at the extremes of the distribution, especially when scores approach the maximum possible on a test&nbsp;... when students answer most of the items correctly. In these cases, errors of measurement for scale scores will increase substantially at the extremes of the distribution. Commonly the SEM is from two to four times larger for very high scores than for scores near the mean (Lord, 1980).}}</ref>
Some societies accept the results of ]s taken elsewhere. Those are listed below by selectivity percentile (assuming the now-standard definition of IQ as a standard score with a median of 100 and a ] of 15 IQ points). Since the 1960s, Mensa has experienced increasing competition in attracting high-IQ individuals, as various new groups have emerged with even stricter and more exclusive admissions requirements.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schregel|first=Susanne|date=2020-12-01|title='The intelligent and the rest': British Mensa and the contested status of high intelligence|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695120970029|journal=History of the Human Sciences|language=en|volume=33|issue=5|pages=12–36|doi=10.1177/0952695120970029|s2cid=227187677|issn=0952-6951}}</ref> Notable high-IQ societies include:


⚫ <!-- NOTE: Before adding, please see discussion at ] This article has frequently included listings of spurious or non-notable societies in the past. -->
==Some societies==
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The entrance criteria for IQ societies vary considerably across both kinds of tests accepted (for example, whether the tests tap primarily ], ], or ] abilities, or whether the tests have adequate test security or not) and how high one must score in order to acquire membership.
|-

! Name
⚫ Some societies, including widely known societies such as Mensa, accept the results of ]s taken elsewhere. Those are listed below by selectivity percentile (assuming the now-standard definition of IQ as a standard score with a median of 100 and a ] of 15 IQ points):<!-- NOTE: Before adding, please see discussion at ] This article has frequently included listings of spurious or non-notable societies in the past. -->
! Established
*Top 10 percent of population (90th percentile; 1 out of 10; approximate IQ 120):
! No. of members
**High IQ Forum; IQ oriented discussion forum where there is a verification process, but membership isn't restricted.
! Approx. no. of countries
*Top 2 percent of population (98th percentile; 1 person out of 50; approximately IQ 130):
! Eligibility / Rarity
**''']''' – as of January 2014, ~110,000 members from ~100 ]; annual ] for American Mensa are ]70 (dues differ by country).
! Approx. IQ
*Top 1 percent (99th percentile; 1 out of 100; approximately IQ 135):
|-
**''']''' – as of January 2014, 1,300-1,400 members; annual dues are $39.
| ] || 1946 || ≈&nbsp;145,000 ({{As of|2022|lc=y}})<ref name = "MI">{{cite web |url=https://www.mensa.org/mensa/about-us |title=About Us |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=Mensa International|access-date=September 9, 2022}}</ref> || 100 || Top 2 percent of population (98th percentile; 1 person out of 50) || 130
*Top 0.1 percent (99.9th percentile; 1 out of 1,000; approximately IQ 146):
|-
**''']''' – as of January 2016, 1,700 members from 50 countries; annual dues are $10.
| ] || 1966 || ≥ 1,700 ({{As of|2024|July|df=US|lc=y}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intertel - Home |url=https://www.intertel-iq.org/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=www.intertel-iq.org}}</ref>|| 40 || Top 1 percent (99th percentile; 1 out of 100) || 135
*Top 0.003 percent (99.997th percentile; 1 out of 30,000; approximately IQ 160) (not reliable with current tests):
|-
**''']''' – as of January 2014, ~120 members; annual dues are $50.
| ] || 1978 ||≈&nbsp;1,900 ({{As of|2022|September|df=US|lc=y}})<ref name = "TNSWhatIs">{{cite web |url=https://www.triplenine.org/WhatisTNS.aspx |title=What is TNS? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>|| 46 || Top 0.1 percent (99.9th percentile; 1 out of 1,000) || 146
*Top 0.0001 percent (not reliable with any test):
|-
**''']''' – as of January 2014, 26 members
|}


== See also == == See also ==
* ] * ]
* {{Section link|Level of measurement|Ordinal scale}} * {{Section link|Level of measurement|Ordinal scale}}
* ]


== References == == References ==
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== Further reading == == Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |title=IQ Testing 101 |last=Kaufman |first=Alan S. |authorlink=Alan S. Kaufman |year=2009 |publisher=Springer Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8261-0629-2 |laysummary=http://www.springerpub.com/product/9780826106292 |laydate=10 August 2010 }} * {{Cite book |title=IQ Testing 101 |last=Kaufman |first=Alan S. |author-link=Alan S. Kaufman |year=2009 |publisher=Springer Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8261-0629-2}}
* {{Cite book |title=Terman's Kids: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up |last=Shurkin |first=Joel |year=1992 |publisher=Little, Brown |location=Boston (MA) |isbn=978-0-316-78890-8 |laysummary=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-31/books/bk-1247_1_lewis-terman/2 |laydate=28 June 2010 }} * {{Cite book |title=Terman's Kids: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up |last=Shurkin |first=Joel |year=1992 |publisher=Little, Brown |location=Boston (MA) |isbn=978-0-316-78890-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/termanskids00joel }}
**{{cite news |author=Frederic Golden |date=May 31, 1992 |title=Tracking the IQ Elite : TERMAN'S KIDS: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up, By Joel N. Shurkin |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-31-bk-1247-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108031753/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-31/books/bk-1247_1_lewis-terman |archive-date=2012-11-08 |url-status=live |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}
* {{Cite book |title=What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought |last=Stanovich |first=Keith |authorlink= |year=2009 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven (CT) |isbn=978-0-300-12385-2 |laysummary=http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300123852 |laydate=9 August 2010 }}
* {{Cite book |title=Measuring intelligence: A guide to the administration of the new revised Stanford-Binet tests of intelligence |last1=Terman |first1=Lewis Madison |last2=Merrill |first2=Maude A. |authorlink1=Lewis Terman |year=1937 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston (MA) |series=Riverside textbooks in education }} * {{Cite book |title=Measuring intelligence: A guide to the administration of the new revised Stanford-Binet tests of intelligence |last1=Terman |first1=Lewis Madison |last2=Merrill |first2=Maude A. |author-link1=Lewis Terman |year=1937 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston (MA) |series=Riverside textbooks in education }}


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Organization for people with a high IQ score

A high-IQ society is an organization that limits its membership to people who have attained a specified score on an IQ test, usually in the top two percent of the population (98th percentile) or above. These may also be referred to as genius societies. The largest and oldest such society is Mensa International, which was founded by Roland Berrill and Lancelot Ware in 1946.

Entry requirements

High-IQ societies typically accept a variety of IQ tests for membership eligibility; these include WAIS, Stanford-Binet, and Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices, amongst many others deemed to sufficiently measure or correlate with intelligence. Tests deemed to insufficiently correlate with intelligence (e.g. post-1994 SAT, in the case of Mensa and Intertel) are not accepted for admission. As IQ significantly above 146 SD15 (approximately three-sigma) cannot be reliably measured with accuracy due to sub-test limitations and insufficient norming, IQ societies with cutoffs significantly higher than four-sigma should be considered dubious.

Societies

Some societies accept the results of standardized tests taken elsewhere. Those are listed below by selectivity percentile (assuming the now-standard definition of IQ as a standard score with a median of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 IQ points). Since the 1960s, Mensa has experienced increasing competition in attracting high-IQ individuals, as various new groups have emerged with even stricter and more exclusive admissions requirements. Notable high-IQ societies include:

Name Established No. of members Approx. no. of countries Eligibility / Rarity Approx. IQ
Mensa International 1946 ≈ 145,000 (as of 2022) 100 Top 2 percent of population (98th percentile; 1 person out of 50) 130
Intertel 1966 ≥ 1,700 (as of July 2024) 40 Top 1 percent (99th percentile; 1 out of 100) 135
Triple Nine Society 1978 ≈ 1,900 (as of September 2022) 46 Top 0.1 percent (99.9th percentile; 1 out of 1,000) 146

See also

References

  1. ^ Groeger, Lena (January 1, 2015). "When High IQs Hang Out". Scientific American. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  2. "The rise of children joining high-IQ society Mensa". BBC News. November 26, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "American Mensa Celebrates Its Diamond Jubilee". American Mensa. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  4. Percival, Matt (September 8, 2008). "The Quest for Genius". Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  5. "Qualifying test scores". American Mensa. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  6. "Intertel - Join us". www.intertel-iq.org. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  7. "Test Scores". www.triplenine.org. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  8. "IQ values explained". www.triplenine.org. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  9. Perleth, Christoph; Schatz, Tanja; Mönks, Franz J. (2000). "Early Identification of High Ability". In Heller, Kurt A.; Mönks, Franz J.; Sternberg, Robert J.; et al. (eds.). International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent (2nd ed.). Amsterdam: Pergamon. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-08-043796-5. norm tables that provide you with such extreme values are constructed on the basis of random extrapolation and smoothing but not on the basis of empirical data of representative samples.
  10. Urbina, Susana (2011). "Chapter 2: Tests of Intelligence". In Sternberg, Robert J.; Kaufman, Scott Barry (eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 20–38. ISBN 9780521739115. is just one of the reasons to be suspicious of reported IQ scores much higher than 160
  11. Schregel, Susanne (December 1, 2020). "'The intelligent and the rest': British Mensa and the contested status of high intelligence". History of the Human Sciences. 33 (5): 12–36. doi:10.1177/0952695120970029. ISSN 0952-6951. S2CID 227187677.
  12. "About Us". Mensa International. 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  13. "Intertel - Home". www.intertel-iq.org. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  14. "What is TNS?". Triple Nine Society. 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.

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