Every IQ-score belongs to a specific category. Depending on the IQ test components a different scale can be used. We will be using the WAIS-IV scale.
IQ Range |
IQ Classification |
130 and above |
Very superior |
120 - 129 |
Superior |
109 - 119 |
High average |
90 - 109 |
Average |
80 - 89 |
Low average |
70 - 79 |
Borderline |
69 and below |
Extremely low |
Exercise
- Write a function
iq_classification
with an if
-statement to classify IQ scores, this function takes one argument for the iq score (you can name this argument yourself) and returns the classification name from the following table. For simplicity we will use the following classification ranges:
IQ Range |
IQ Classification |
130 and above |
"Very superior" |
129 and below |
"Not very superior" |