Up to this point, in the thread, there have been 2 possible explanations given for why a 5-year old professional exam has different results than a current online one:
-personality changes over a long time-scale (5 years, etc)
-scoring differences between professionals and automated counters.
These two explanations seem based on the assumption that the responses given to the individual questions are only determined by the responder’s “personality.” That is: person A, having personality x, will always give answer a1, s.t. if A (under reliable test conditions) gives answer a2, A must not have personality x.
I’ve only just now tried this test, but I at least found questions where my answer could have been either True or False, depending on the moment. (ie, “Your workspace is clean and organized,” the answer of which will vary depending on my proximity to deadlines.)
If we’re discussing tests, I propose that we need a control, where we take the online exam multiple times over a sufficiently small time-scale that we do not expect our “personalities” to have dramatically shifted. That is: once a day, at various hours, for a week.
If the control tests have similar results, then we can go back to our question of “what changed between 5 years and now.” But, if these control tests have differing results (I’m not sure what significance condition we should set), then we should probably assume that the test may not be a “personality” test, but a “state of mind” test given “personality” and “external conditions.” In that case, we may want to be suspicious about self-evaluating with these tests.
If I have time (and remember) to take this control myself, I’ll post the results.
17/9/11 → 10:30 → ISTJ (22/62/12/22)
Up to this point, in the thread, there have been 2 possible explanations given for why a 5-year old professional exam has different results than a current online one:
-personality changes over a long time-scale (5 years, etc)
-scoring differences between professionals and automated counters.
These two explanations seem based on the assumption that the responses given to the individual questions are only determined by the responder’s “personality.” That is: person A, having personality x, will always give answer a1, s.t. if A (under reliable test conditions) gives answer a2, A must not have personality x.
I’ve only just now tried this test, but I at least found questions where my answer could have been either True or False, depending on the moment. (ie, “Your workspace is clean and organized,” the answer of which will vary depending on my proximity to deadlines.)
If we’re discussing tests, I propose that we need a control, where we take the online exam multiple times over a sufficiently small time-scale that we do not expect our “personalities” to have dramatically shifted. That is: once a day, at various hours, for a week.
If the control tests have similar results, then we can go back to our question of “what changed between 5 years and now.” But, if these control tests have differing results (I’m not sure what significance condition we should set), then we should probably assume that the test may not be a “personality” test, but a “state of mind” test given “personality” and “external conditions.” In that case, we may want to be suspicious about self-evaluating with these tests.
If I have time (and remember) to take this control myself, I’ll post the results. 17/9/11 → 10:30 → ISTJ (22/62/12/22)