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What's your autism quotient? (link updated)
- trekker7 19y agoDamn, I got 17 the exact average.
- asmosoinio 19y agoMe too - I feel so average.
- bootload 19y agoBest question, "are you fascinated with dates?" (Y) & "do you collect facts & information" (Y) ...32 ... so that means what? I'm always a bit sus of these tests anyway. Now to go add this to my blog post ...
- oditogre 19y ago>are you fascinated with dates? Dates, dates, or dates?
- gwenhwyfaer 19y agoDates. Specifically the second one.
- bootload 19y agoYeah good point. All of them, Bit of a sweet tooth so 'dates' are definitely in, "dates", ISO8601, yes. Even getting a "Date" with Perl! ~ http://datetime.perl.org/?Modules http://datetime.perl.org/?Modules
- paul 19y ago10. For a lot of the questions I wanted to answer "it depends". Social situations, for example, can be very fun or very boring, depending on my mood and the people involved.
- gwenhwyfaer 19y agoI'm not sure how well the test distinguishes between those who are actually autistic, and those who simply cannot bear social situations under any circumstances. (I'm also not happy about the lack of distinction between "x" and "strongly x". There ought to be some gradation.)
- shawndrost 19y agoI can't take tests like these without analyzing how each answer affects the outcome, and I don't trust my subconscious to keep its mitts off my answers when it knows how to game the test. 22
- lsb 19y agojust from memory, they ask if you can remember long digit strings, and if you take time to return from distractions. being good at hacking involves both. is this a self-selecting pool of people with more autistic traits? 22
- gwenhwyfaer 19y agoHere's one that doesn't require Flash: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html . Unfortunately they've misconfigured their website, so you get the source of the results calculator rather than the result; but if you copy aqtest.html and aq.cgi to a handy local webserver (and change the perl path), it works out. Not sure if it's the same test or not, of course! If it is, I scored 37.
- brianmckenzie 19y agoWhat I found curious about this test is that I think many of my answers have changed over time. I scored an 18 today, but I bet I would have scored somewhere in the high 20's when I was a kid.
- gwenhwyfaer 19y agoInterestingly, a few years ago I took the same test and scored 20 (vs. 37 just now)... on the other hand, I seem to come out with a different MBTI result every time I take that test too. Perhaps I have DID :)
- pg 19y ago50 screens? Merely completing it is a sufficient test. They should have just put all the questions on one page. (If anyone wants to do that, I'll switch the link.)
- dlimeb 19y agohttp://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html looks to be the same questions in a different order.
- gwenhwyfaer 19y agohttp://www.isle-of-avalon.co.uk/cgi-bin/aq.cgi http://www.isle-of-avalon.co.uk/cgi-bin/aq.cgi - here's a fixed version of that one. It doesn't look very pretty, but it does the job. edit: if anyone else wants to host it, drop me an email and I'll send you the source.
- pg 19y agoWhen you calculate the score can you add what it means?
- gwenhwyfaer 19y agoWell, the original test was kind of vague about what it means (and because I don't have a working Flash, I can't see what this one says about it). I can mention the "the neurotyp mean score was 16.4, but 80% of aspies scored above 32" bit though. edit: done
- brlewis 19y agoDarn it, you're probably right. I was so proud of myself for only scoring 20, toward the upper end of "average". But that may be average only for people who will answer all 50 questions.
- adnam 19y agoThis test also fails to take into account the "grumpy old bastard" effect. I won't announce my score, other than it in the set of the Nth-prime-numbers where N is also prime. PS - there are 50 questions, but they don't require whole-page refreshes. PPS - I'm not suggesting you are a grumpy old man!
- mpc 19y ago35 .....interesting
- andyjenn 19y ago23 ..I'm a very good driver, only drive on the driveway, only drive on Saturdays...
- tocomment 19y agoI got a 23 too! Definitely got 23 ..
- jgrahamc 19y ago28. John.
- Leon 19y agohrm, 21
- dottertrotter 19y ago16
- falsestprophet 19y ago16 too
- icey 19y agoI got a 26, I kind of wonder how these scores correlate to a Myers-Briggs profile (INTJ here). I'm guessing the I's will have higher score than the E's since this appears to be mostly related to introvert vs. extrovert categorization.
- gwenhwyfaer 19y agoINFP here (but see previous comment). edit: ...or possibly ISFP...
- indie01 19y agoI scored 26 as well. INTP: the cause of and solution to all of my problems.
- kirubakaran 19y agoMore reliable test: <html> <body> <b>Your autism score is:</b> <div id="op">0</div><br /> <input type="button" value="Click This!" onclick="javascript:upd();"> </body> <script type="text/javascript"> var i=0; function upd() { i += Math.ceil(Math.exp(i/3)); document.getElementById('op').innerHTML = i; } </script></html>
- ecuzzillo 19y ago38. I don't act nearly that autistic, though. I think that's mostly through training. You wouldn't guess that score if you met me.
- icey 19y agoThat's a pretty interesting point, actually. I used to be HORRIBLE in pretty much any social situation, but then I decided to make social psychology a "hobby" of mine, and learned to pick up cues (facial tics, body language, etc...) about what people were telling me with their body, tone of voice and vocal mannerisms; and after doing that for a few years, social things became much much easier for me.
- gwenhwyfaer 19y agoI kind of went the opposite way; after many years of trying to be OK in social situations and more or less pulling it off, I finally admitted to myself that actually, but for the societal conditioning that people without rich and varied social lives are somehow missing something, I really don't like having people around me for any great length of time... and ok, my ability to cope in social situations is more or less shot, but the rest of the time (which for me, is the majority of the time) I'm a lot happier - and the rare times when I do get a feeling of wishing there was someone close to talk to, I know that it's usually because I'm bored, and finding something to do will send it on its way.
- gwenhwyfaer 19y agoIndeed. My family, who basically haven't really known me since I left home, are sure I do have Asperger's; my friends, all of whom have only known me since I've lived alone, are equally sure I don't (although they will happily describe me as 'odd' or 'weird').
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- whacked_new 19y agoWhat's your ADHD quotient? I clicked 3 radio buttons before deciding I don't care about my quotient.
- cmars232 19y agoHeh its a a Cosmo quiz for geeks :P 29