Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Political compass

Another Test class, this one is from the Political Compass.

ECONOMIC/LEFT AND RIGHT 1.75
SOCIAL LIBERTARIAN/AUTHORITARIAN 1.08


I don't know if that is good or bad.

11 comments:

Luther said...

Economic Left/Right: 4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.62

I'm not sure what it means either Terrye. The only thing I noticed was that in the "international chart" there were no examples given in my quadrant.

Unknown said...

luther:

Maybe I need to do a do over.

Unknown said...

kncuklehead, the whole test is like that. I saw it over at JOM. But it is strange.

Luther said...

Yes, Knuck.

The checkbox for "I think you dopes are full o' shit" whould have been much used. Their bias wasn't very well concealed. Oh well, it was just for fun.

Charlie Martin said...

7.5, -4.36.

Rick Ballard said...

StY,

You're not wearing your WWCD (What Would Cthulhu Do) bracelet today are you?

Knuck,

Chomsky put a lot of "thought" into the design of this test. You shouldn't make fun of someone so distinguished. Establishing a framework for the discussion that follows is the most important element of the reeducat... learning process.

Luther said...

Not that I really care...but, what is it with that lower right quadrant on the international chart? Several here landed there. Could they not find any examples?

Then there's this:

They found me out.

chuck said...

7.5, -4.36.

Braggart.

Luther said...

And there's also this:

EU: Causes of Growth differentials in Europe

(HT - ahem at ProteinWidsom)

I don't have the wit for knowing if its good data or not, but it certainly looks impressive. It also looks as if the model would apply here equally as well.

loner said...

Results when using only Strongly Agree and Strongly Disagree:

-0.88, -5.79

Results when using only Agree and Disagree:

0.50, -3.44

Moderation produces a 1.38 shift to the right and a 2.35 shift to the authoritarian.

My conclusion: Useless

Rick Ballard said...

"My conclusion: Useless"

Wasteful too. What the hell are the lower and left quadrants for?