tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post164912802161458933..comments2024-03-17T18:44:03.058+11:00Comments on Lazy Luddite Log: Testing TimesDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-79798566297822179252020-05-24T10:37:30.737+10:002020-05-24T10:37:30.737+10:00Another test came my way: https://8values.github.i...Another test came my way: https://8values.github.io/ <br /><br />This one is pretty good in its use of four scales and its presentation of many labels as results. It has a few shortcomings however. Presenting proposals in opposing sets is one. Another is more an issue of how users interpret its interface.<br /><br />It presents five positions on a sliding scale for each question. I think most who use it read those positions as (1) definitely yes (2) maybe yes (3) maybe (4) maybe no (5) definitely no.<br /><br /><br />I however read it more as (1) absolutely yes (2) yes (3) maybe (4) no (5) absolutely no.<br /><br />As I read each statement I ask myself whether the issue at hand is simplified by the text - the answer tends to be yes it is. I also ask myself whether someone exists who believes what I do but more dogmatically so - once more the answer will be yes. Because of this understanding I will then choose positions 2 and 4 far more than I will positions 1 and 5 and still be a person of conviction.<br /><br />I think my way of answering produces a result more in keeping with political practice than theory. Very few of us are revolutionary and a test that tells many of us we are needs to clarify what it is asking of us.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-30858303486432248902019-03-23T19:45:49.438+11:002019-03-23T19:45:49.438+11:00A few months ago I shared an online test (comment ...A few months ago I shared an online test (comment above) I felt was pretty good (and in many ways similar to mine). Here I'm sharing something a bit different - a model of political ideology complete with a three dimensional chart: https://medium.com/@even.aesphasian/3d-political-spectrum-4870f06f2f49<br /><br />It is more complex than even my model and the discussion is interesting. It lacks its own test but apparently the author is hoping to correct that.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-31125155337906672019-01-24T23:40:03.177+11:002019-01-24T23:40:03.177+11:00I came across an newish online test that I like. ...I came across an newish online test that I like. It uses statements on various issues to determine ones political ideology but, unlike many others, includes a focus on specifically political issues, as well as economic and cultural ones. This seems to work well in distinguishing ideologies, and in giving the test-taker a percentage match to all ten options. <br /><br />The test writer also has a good grasp of various political traditions beyond just 'left, right, up, down and centre'. I role-played the various options and found I could get the desired result pretty much each time and, since I know my stuff, this suggests that its writer does to. :)<br /><br />Its use of historically grounded terms distinguishes it from my attempt to use, and in some cases re-purpose, more universally applicable terms. So, while my test calls me 'progressive' this test calls me a 'social-liberal' which is the more historically correct term. And, while it uses some specifically American terms like the rather silly 'paleoconservatism' it also refers to the more European 'Christian democracy' and thus hints at a more worldly outlook than other tests do.<br /><br />Anyway, here it is: https://www.gotoquiz.com/what_is_your_political_ideology_17Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.com