Talk:Wonderlic test

message: Vince Young's score of 6 is not confirmed. Please remove the score until a confirmation of score is received. Current reports have the score at 16.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.163.10.2 (talk • contribs) 14:08, 2006 February 27   (UTC)
===15 or 16?===
There seem to be contradicting reports on Vince Young's score. Most articles say his re-test score is 16, but the last link (Paul Zimmerman's column) says 15. 
Also, I don't see anything that supports the last part of "erroneously reported to have scored a 6 at first when it was really a 7". None of the links supports "it was really a 7" - is this subtle vandalism?
In any case, because many of these scores are from unreliable sources, would it make sense to delete some, most or all of them? Ytny 15:22, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vince Young's score 

message: There seem to be contradicting reports on Vince Young's score. Most articles say his re-test score is 16, but the last link (Paul Zimmerman's column) says 15. 
Also, I don't see anything that supports the last part of "erroneously reported to have scored a 6 at first when it was really a 7". None of the links supports "it was really a 7" - is this subtle vandalism?
In any case, because many of these scores are from unreliable sources, would it make sense to delete some, most or all of them? Ytny 15:22, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 15 or 16?

message: In my opinion the accusation of cheating by Akili Smith should be removed. To me, this borders on libel, as it is probably unproven. This is no place for accusations. Joeylawn 00:19, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: For what it's worth, at least the jump in his test score appears to be accepted and documented by independent sources as fact, and scouts have been quoted, albeit anonymously, with their suspicions. Whatever the case, a lot of stuff on this page needs to be sourced better. Ytny 06:41, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the link, Ytny. I read it, and the key words were "some THINK (my emphasis) he was cheating". Well, there's no proof, so such accusations should be deleted. For the record, I am not a Akili Smith/OU fan, just someone interested in Fairness/NPOV. Joeylawn 68.184.64.232 22:34, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  How the hell does one cheat on the Wonderlic?  Of course, from my POV, how the hell does one score less than 30? 147.145.40.44 22:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Akili Smith accusation

message: This whole section should probably be removed, as it fails the verifiability criterion. Can we get sources on ANY of those? —Wrathchild (talk) 20:01, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not an American so I don't give a damn about the American NFL but is there really any reason to list so many famous scores? I don't see any particular reason why many of these are famous scores. The only reason that I can see is that they have been published by some other source so they can be included in wikipedia. Perhaps the high scores, e.g. over 40 can be included but other then that I wonder if they should be. If you really think a list of all known scores has any purpose then perhaps consider putting it in a seperate page. Nil Einne 06:19, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree with Nil Einne, there shouldn't be soo many examples. Perhaps we could only include the 10 examples, the 5 highest and lowest :) --ShadowJester07 18:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous scores 

message: Hello, I would like to welcome User:Keithmcnulty to Wikipedia and to this article.
I do have a bit of a concern with your additions to Wonderlich Test.  You have added a section titled "Adverse impanct".  In my opinion, this section does not seem to be written from a neutral point of view.  Since you have added similar informaiton to Cognitive test, it makes me wonder if you might possibly be against these types of tests, and trying to use Wikipedia to get your point across. 
In any case, the section needs to be more balanced, how about renaming it "Use in employment".  Then, the section can contain information about both the alleged positie impact of using the test and the alleged negative impact.  Clearly there must be people who feel using the test in employment has a positive impact or it would not be used!  
Also, we need to strive for including both view-points in the section.  And we need to attribute those viewpoints to notable people who have spoken or written on the issue.  They can't just be our opinions.  Please see WP:CITE for more information about this.
Once again, welcome!  Johntex\talk 15:22, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the section, as the CITE tag has been up for a couple of weeks and nothing has been done to improve the POV or verifiablity of the content. If User:Keithmcnulty or anyone else wants to rewrite the section, I have no problem, but please see WP:CITE, WP:OR and WP:POV.Ytny 03:16, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Adverse impact

message: I actually had heard before that he scored a 38, then retook the test and aced it. Anyone got a source? --Liface 05:12, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This says 38, This says 37, there's about 10 pages that say 50. --Liface 05:16, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Ryan Fitzpatrick's score

message: I think the 1st sentence -- "The Wonderlic Personnel Test is an intelligence test primarily known for being administered to prospective players in the National Football League since the 1970s." -- should be significantly altered.  I have had to take the Wonderlic 4 times since 2000 for a variety of things not involving the NFL (mostly job applications).  It does a disservice to both the provider of the test, and their customers, by implying the untruth that it is only used by the NFL. 147.145.40.44 22:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think taking out that sentence, or at least some reference to it, makes the rest of the article rather bizarre.  Most of the article is about scores of football players but without some sort of indication that the test is primarily associated with football players (either in terms of who takes it or in terms of the public consciousness) then the obsession with football player scores makes no sense.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.218.221.152 (talk) 02:51, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:   Maybe the rest of the article shouldn't sounds like just the NFL uses it them.  There is a brief mention of other uses that only shows the scores in other fields.  The rest of the article makes it sound like it is a NFL-only test.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.181.253.68 (talk) 18:08, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Primarily for the NFL?

message: The leading paragraph of this article offers IQ=2W+60 as a conversion to a standard IQ score.  Which scale...? The WAIS? Cattel? The California Test of Mental Maturity?  While they all agree that 100 is average, that is the only thing they agree on.  148 on Cattel is the same score as 130 on the WAIS and 132 on the CTMM.  Minimally, this article would need to state the value of one standard deviation for that formula to be relevant or a particular scale specified.  --Joe Webster (talk) 05:22, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You are correct. The whole section is poorly sourced (although I tried my best to source it better during an earlier edit), so I've deleted the whole section, including my previous keystrokes. This can come back in with a rewrite if someone can find a better source. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 01:03, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which IQ Scale...? 

message: What the hell is the Weston Review?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.152.90.193 (talk) 16:57, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weston Review 

message: The article is largely spamming for the Wonder company.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.166.10.75 (talk) 08:21, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It is not clear if the symbols under "Average Scores" are negative signs or dashes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.178.158.35 (talk) 15:04, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam 

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replies: text: Has anyone looked up any of the sources on this test? I have found some descriptions of the test in standard textbooks on psychological testing that I intend to use to update quite a few articles on Wikipedia. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 22:39, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intelligence Citations Bibliography for Articles Related to IQ Testing 

message: The "Average scores for other professions" sections is unsourced. There are several books and articles that mention average scores, but I haven't found a paper relating to an independent study that produced these results. Should they be removed?
Online sources:
* http://espn.go.com/page2/s/closer/020228.html 
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Wonderlic sources from 1966:
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Smallman12q (talk) 00:32, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Average scores for other professions 

message: Vince Young's second try on the Wunderlic was 14, according to a top 10 lowest wunderlic score website i found from google.  someone should update that and cite it (i don't want to, but i also didnt wanna let this go unreported)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by174.63.111.168 (talk) 23:17, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Vince Young

message: Within in the article, there is only one paragraph that describes what the Wonderlic Test is.  While the paragraph does do some of what the test is justice, much more is needed for elaboration.  After the introduction a section on which the inventor of the test along with a brief history of its creation is an essential part of creating the article.
	Unfortunately, much of the article is about the NFL as discussed within the class.  In order not to have any unexpected changes to occur during our work, it would be best to leave the section regarding the NFL alone, but rather add it into the subtexting when creating the "Content". (Place it under its own NFL section)  However, getting rid of some of the NFL "comments" might improve the integrity of the article, which should be done at the end of our work.
	One important topic that must be discussed is the I/O relevance to the Wonderlic Test.  Our primary objective is to tie this personnel test with the field of I/O.  This is to be the main body of the work, with a brief history preceding and any information coming after.
	Another concern that has risen in the group is the resources and citations that appear on the article.  Over 90% of the resources are NFL oriented, providing no information on what the test generally is.  More peer-reviewed articles are necessary to provide accurate details.
	One of the first goals of the group is to create an outline of what should be on the article.  By creating a table of contents as our guideline, we will be better able to structure our article.  One of the biggest things that make highly rated Wikipedia articles so well written was the way the article is set up.  Each section was thorough and information was not scattered.  As of now, we have come up with this design:
•	Introduction
•	Table of Contents
•	History of the Wonderlic Test
•	The Test: Examiner and Examinee
•	Wonderlic Test’s significance in I/O Psychology
•	Validity of I/O
•	Occupational Scores
•	NFL relavence
Each of these labels will have subsection, but those are to be created as the article is being remade.
VLord89 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 03:05, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wonderlic Test: Article Critique 

message: This is a strong article - it's getting harder for me to find things to comment on! The last peer review seems to have helped - I see most of the points raised by the reviewer have been addressed already. 
* The article has drawn on a relatively wide range of sources to build lots of good, neutral content. Explaining the test's appearance in a game is a nice touch. 
* The text is clear and accessible without any obvious presentation problems. 
* There are a handful of places where the language may not be clear to a lay reader - for example the r-values in the Reliability section.
* Good use of links, both inline and . I think it used to overlink in some places but now the balance feels just right.
* The "Industrial and Organizational Psychology is the scientific study..." sentence looks like a non-sequiteur in its current place (because nothing after it mentions I&OP) - maybe move it up a little?
* If statistics are available on test scores, would it be possible to build a table or a graph? This could be better for readers.
* How does it compare to other intelligence/cognitive tests? I think this is quite good "standalone" coverage of Wonderlic, but various other tests are out there. What are the similarities, what are the differences, how are they used?
Have fun;
bobrayner (talk) 23:40, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review followup 

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message: According to Winderlic's website, the cognitive ability tests are again called
Wonderlic personnel tests (WPT), and no longer the Wonderlic Contemporary/Classic cognitive ability tests
Does the name in the article needs to be changed as well, or is it just a temporary change?Tamirubin (talk) 08:29, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did Wonderlic get back to their older test names? 

message: Suggest inclusion of a reference to the case of Jordan v. City of New London
In 1996, Robert Jordan, along with 500 other individuals "underwent a written screening process conducted by the Law Enforcement Council of Southeastern Connecticut, Inc. (“LEC”), a coalition of fourteen cities and towns, for a position as a police officer." Included in the screening process was the "Wonderlic Personnel Test and Scholastic Level Exam (“WPT”), which purports to measure cognitive ability." According to Wonderlic, the the "normative median" suggested for a patrol officer was 21 and Jordan scored a 33. He contacted the city of New London When he found out the city was hiring police officers but was told he wouldn't be interviewed because he "didn't fit the profile." Jordan thought he was facing age discrimination - which is illegal - because he was 46. Instead, he found out that "to prevent frequent job turnover caused by hiring overqualified applicants the city only interviewed candidates who scored between 20 and 27." The court upheld the city's decision on the "rational basis" test, stating that even though the city's hiring policies might be unwise, "we conclude that even absent a strong proven statistical correlation between high scores on the Wonderlic test and turnover resulting from lack of job satisfaction, it is enough that the city believed -- on the basis of material prepared by the test maker and a letter along similar lines sent by the LEC -- that there was such a connection" - a rational basis for the classification.
Under the rational basis test “a statutory classification that neither proceeds along suspect lines nor infringes fundamental constitutional rights must be upheld against equal protection challenge if there is any reasonably conceivable state of facts that could provide a rational basis for the classification.”  
http://www.aele.org/apa/jordan-newlondon.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ileanadu (talk • contribs) 16:57, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Involvement of test in a court case for its use by the New London, CN police department. 

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message: Some of the information provided on this page was either never accurate, or has just become dated over time. Is it possible for me to get in contact with someone to provide some updated/corrected information (with independent sources to cite, of course)? Carmine.marano (talk) 19:27, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wonderlic Test page updates necessary 

message: According to the sample questions, this is a lower primary school math test, and not a cognitive ability test. Something must be wrong here, probably in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.224.3.203 (talk) 22:45, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just a math test?