Choose WAIS for formal assessment and BrainTypeIQ for self-understanding
If you need a professional assessment for a diagnostic process, support or accommodations, or a result for a school, workplace, or other organization, choose the WAIS. If you want to understand your overall IQ and the pattern across your cognitive abilities, BrainTypeIQ is the best place to start.
| Basis for choosing | WAIS | BrainTypeIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Main purpose | Professional psychological or neuropsychological assessment | Online cognitive self-understanding |
| Administration | A qualified professional works one-to-one with the examinee | The user completes nine web-based tasks |
| Main results | FSIQ, index scores, subtest scores, observations, and professional interpretation | Overall IQ, five domains, nine task scores, GAI, CPI, and brain type |
| External use | A suitable professional report can support diagnosis, accommodations, and other formal decisions | Personal self-understanding |
The value of WAIS includes observation and interpretation
WAIS results extend from FSIQ to index and subtest scores. The examiner also observes response time, hesitation, corrections, the balance between speed and accuracy, how instructions are retained, and how the person approaches unfamiliar tasks.
Those observations are interpreted with the reason for assessment, background information, and any other relevant evidence. This is what makes the WAIS useful when a person needs professional conclusions, support planning, accommodations evidence, or a report for an external purpose.
WAIS-IV and WAIS-5 organize the indexes and subtests differently, but both provide an overall score and a detailed professionally interpreted profile.
BrainTypeIQ provides a five-domain profile online
BrainTypeIQ is a self-administered online IQ test with nine tasks that take about 30 minutes in total. It shows overall IQ and separates performance across five domains: Gc, Gf, Gv, Gwm, and Gs. The task scores, GAI, CPI, and brain type make it possible to see why two people with a similar overall IQ may perform differently in verbal, reasoning, visuospatial, memory, or speeded tasks.
All nine tasks, overall IQ, and the brain type report are free. The detailed report includes the five domain scores, nine task scores, GAI, and CPI. There is no appointment or wait for a report.
BrainTypeIQ and WAIS use different tasks, administration, norms, and score construction. BrainTypeIQ is the most direct route when the goal is to explore your own cognitive profile online.
The final choice depends on the result you need
Choose WAIS when a qualified professional must administer and interpret the assessment, or when another organisation needs an appropriate report. Choose BrainTypeIQ to identify your strengths, relative weaknesses, and the task conditions you find demanding from home.