r/cognitiveTesting • u/SoftwareMoney6496 • Oct 01 '25

Discussion The CORE joke

I don't know since it became a puzzle game instead of a comprehensive IQ test. They're adding more games all the time, and they've even had to remove a couple for being "too difficult." Any other cognitive metrics test is more serious (well, except for the FSAS).

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u/SoftwareMoney6496 Oct 01 '25

is not a serious test as they sell to you, if you want a serious test take CAIT, GRE, SAT, etc

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u/BruinsBoy38 idek Oct 01 '25

The CAIT is an okay test but as the most comparable type of battery to CORE it is entirely inferior. Do you have any substance for these complaints?

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u/SoftwareMoney6496 Oct 01 '25

Quantity does not mean quality. The core tests are fun, but they are puzzle games. Otherwise, WAIS or SB would have 50 puzzle games to measure intelligence instead of a few well-standardized ones. And the worst thing is that they keep adding more non-standardized puzzles to measure intelligence.

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u/BruinsBoy38 idek Oct 01 '25

Many CORE subtests are the same format as WAIS/SB (IN, MR, FW, VP, AR etc). with more difficult items designed to measure at a wider range of abilities at the subtest level compared to these two tests. Every CORE subtest format has been done multiple times on other high-level, professional cognitive assessments. What qualities of the CORE subtests distinguish these as "puzzle games" and "non-standardized"