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Wonderlic a flawed test!

Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:34 pm
Posted by Todd Greene
Huntsville, Al
Member since Aug 2019
2457 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:34 pm
As a person who has a background in psychology and psychological analyses.

I can assure everyone that the wonderkind is a highly flawed and prejudicial test.

1. Some people have always been slow readers. Not due to some physical or mental defect..DRSMIII. The persons allow themselves to purposefully read and comprehend each word or sentence for a higher memorization.

2. Dyslexia.. many people deemed to be learning disabled are actually very smart with high IQ'S. These wonderlic tests provide "0" avenue to adjust for such disorders. No matter how slight or great these disorders can be. Once, a fair Accountability is assessed and assigned, then the IQ test will be valid.

3. Profiling... Ex. Tennis players and gardeners. How many inner-city kids grow up with the former terms as a life experience? The test is not reflective of a good sample of diverse cultures and demographics.

I could go on and on but you get the point!

Certain players, not to name, names could have actually scored higher than a larger percentage of the testers who took the wonderlic, If a fair and equitable grading system was in place.

So, people quit believing all the lower scores are dumb and by that admission, not all the middle to high scores will be entirely accurate of an account to that tester's brain power.

Can u dig it?

I knew that u could!
This post was edited on 4/21/20 at 4:21 am
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
84957 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:35 pm to
You seem defensive
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
93959 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:35 pm to
Curious time to be bringing this up, Todd. Is there any particular reason that you bring it up now?
Posted by WilliamTaylor21
2720 Arse Whipping Avenue
Member since Dec 2013
35936 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:37 pm to
A1abana players would ace a WindowLick test.
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
96426 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:43 pm to
OP scored lower than Jeudy on the practice one
Posted by SonzofSaban
The Great State of Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
602 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:43 pm to
If 3 former LSU players scored 13 or below, this post would look VERY different.
Posted by p0845330
Member since Aug 2013
5705 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:53 pm to
Would you want to hire a quarterback who is slow at reading defenses and takes his time?

Sounds like a fair test to me.
Posted by ImayGoLesMiles
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Feb 2015
12709 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:56 pm to
Yeah, normally those who flunk the fricking test say that it's flawed.
Posted by GurleyGirl
Georgia
Member since Nov 2015
13185 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:58 pm to
Raw intelligence is not what is being measured.
It depends on your definition of smart but in terms of football it's how quickly you can assess a situation and make a logical effective decision. And really that definition applies to all smart people in all walks of life.
As such, the things you listed are deficiencies in making quick logical decisions and therefore people with those deficiencies by my definition aren't as smart as people who don't have such limitations.
And I should know because I am a slow reader and have some dyslexic tendencies; in other words I understand why I'm not as smart as people who don't have those limitations.
Posted by Wild Thang
YAW YAW Fooball Nation
Member since Jun 2009
44181 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 6:58 pm to
quote:

As a person who has a background in psychology and psychological analyses.




46-41

RT?FU
Posted by GatorsGators
Member since Oct 2012
13454 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 7:17 pm to
I guess as a white male without dyslexia who took tennis lessons for years, I was born to take the Wonderlic
This post was edited on 4/18/20 at 7:18 pm
Posted by 1BIGTigerFan
100,000 posts
Member since Jan 2007
49498 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 7:18 pm to
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Bama for life! Male 57 yrs old College graduate and post grad unfinished.

Oh boy.
Posted by The_Ultimate_Warrior
Member since Mar 2019
5754 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 7:19 pm to
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Wonderlic is an UNFAIR test!


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I’m shocked this is coming from an Alabama fan.
Posted by Rohan Gravy
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2017
18040 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 7:24 pm to
Everybody knows he’s stupid.

What player with half a brain would let his HC operate on him 5 times?
Posted by uofarolltide
Member since Sep 2016
1830 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 7:45 pm to
Ah yes of course it’s flawed, as is the IQ test.

What else could possibly explain why white people and Asians score so much higher than blacks on average?
Posted by memphisplaya
Member since Jan 2009
85916 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 7:48 pm to
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background in psychology and psychological analyses.



You know, you don't need a PhD to read and understand a psychological study. Just saying. Not saying Tua could have done it but it's not exactly difficult to generate an idea of the data if you have just an iota of statistical experience above terminology.
Posted by Tractor Tug60
South Texas
Member since Apr 2018
3060 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 8:10 pm to
Excuse U
Posted by 19
Flux Capacitor, Fluxing
Member since Nov 2007
33285 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 8:11 pm to
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I could go on and on but you get the point!


a gump starting a thread to defend dumb gump players?
Posted by scionofadrunk
Williamson County, TN
Member since Mar 2020
1961 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 9:14 pm to
Jesus OP, what the hell is this? This is living proof that Boomers can't board.
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
20774 posts
Posted on 4/18/20 at 9:22 pm to
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3. Profiling... Ex. Tennis players and gardeners. How many inner-city kids grow up with the former terms as a life experience? The test is not reflective of a good sample of diverse cultures and demographics.


This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard regarding the Wonderlic.
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