Senin, 28 Februari 2011

Wonderlic Test: 5 facts about the NFL cognitive assessment [VIDEO] - AOL News

Developed in the 1930s by psychologists Eldon F. Wonderlic Wonderlic test the cognitive abilities of the NFL, it was supposed to evaluate players during the Scouting Combine League used.

This year, it was reported that quarterback Greg McElroy scored 50 of the 48 standardized tests, even though NFL scouts say they doubt the test results are not yet published. The Bengals Pat McInally, who in the 1970s and 1980s played after graduating from Harvard: One player must score a perfect 50 was announced on the Wonderlic.

Here are five more information on the Wonderlic test - and why it is not so important after all.

1. There are more than one type of Wonderlic Test
Wonderlic assessments can be measured by almost all measures of behavioral and cognitive quality that is available from the factory, the installed capacity of the software, basic math and verbal skills. The NFL administers the Wonderlic cognitive ability test.

2. It is faster
NFL Wonderlic cognitive test used, the player must answer 50 questions every 12 minutes

3. The average score is 24 for most people
The average score for the NFL quarterback with a 24 on the test. The average is also non-athletes. (Here's an example to test if you like ... deal.)

4. Wonderlic daughter disputes the assessment of the effectiveness
developed Eldon Wonderlic daughter Kathy Kolbe, an educator, cognitive assessment of their own for many years said that the Wonderlic prejudices against women and minorities, and measures only a small proportion of the total intelligence. Earlier this week, she told the Kansas City Star: "The first time I heard used [NFL officials], I had to laugh the question is not whether to use: .. Do not say you Wonderlic It tells how a player can do. Because it is not. "

5. NFL players do not have much love for the Wonderlic Test
When the Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams said in this entertaining look at the Wonderlic history and its use in the NFL, "Why, why, Mr. Wonderlic?

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