Is 79 a Good IQ Score?
A score of 79 falls below the Low Average range. A single online test result this low deserves caution before drawing any conclusion: test conditions, fatigue, unfamiliarity with the question format, and the inherent limits of a self-administered web test can all pull a single sitting’s score down. A formal evaluation by a licensed psychologist is the appropriate next step if this result is a concern rather than curiosity.
The Statistics Behind This Number
This page uses the standard normal distribution model (mean 100, standard deviation 15) applied to a general population, the same convention used across most published cognitive assessments. It is a statistical model of population-level distribution, not a measurement of any specific individual or group. Your own result from our free IQ test is calculated the same way; see the full methodology for the formula.