Which of the following four musical instruments is different from the others in an important way Violin, Sitar, Koto, Trumpet?
What makes this question unfair to most American boys and girls is that two of the four words are from foreign languages.
The test taker has no way of knowing what they mean.
Therefore, if you don't know what a word means, how can you decide that it is, or is not different from the other words?
The same question can be made into a fair intelligence test questions.
It can be done very easily by adding pictures next to each word and asking the questions again.
To find out if the question without pictures is unfair, ask people to answer it.
Do not let them see the picture next to each word. Ask them why they gave the answer they did.
Now show them the question with the pictures.
Do the people who are questioned give correct answers more frequently the first time without pictures, or the second time with pictures?
In what ways do the pictures help people answer the question?
Is it true that question without pictures is unfair and the one with pictures is fair?
Can you think of a question that would be fair to boys and girls all over the world?
Intelligence is partly measured by the ability to put information together and use it to answer questions.
How does this apply to the question on musical instruments?
Can the most intelligent person you know answer this question, what colour hair does each author of this book have?