Political Compass Test

[Goodchild]

I was totally surprised to look and see that we don't have this thread yet here! So here's the different political tests to take (stolen from Redshirts thread at TR hehe)

Political Compass Test (http://www.politicalcompass.org/)

Moral Politics (http://www.moral-politics.com/)

Political Brew (http://www.politicalbrew.com/politest.cgi)

Environics Fire-and-Ice Human-Values test (http://fireandice.environics.net/surveys/fireandice/main/fireandice.asp?surveyID=1)

[Goodchild]

These are my results from when I last took the tests in October:

Economic Left/Right: -8.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.18

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Worldview: Atheist

Moral Politics:

Your scored -4.5 on Moral Order and 4 on Moral Rules.

1. System: Socialism
2. Ideology: Social Democratism
3. Party: No match.
4. Presidents: Jimmy Carter
5. 04' Election: David Cobb
6. 08' Election: Dennis Kucinich

Political Brew

On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Strong Liberal (1).
On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Strong Liberal (7).

Fire & Ice

X=1.73
Y=-3.35
Idealism & Autonomy

[LoneWolf]

Thanks for the time wasters. I was looking for a reason to avoid work today. :) My results:

Political Compass Test

Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21

Moral Politics (I didn’t like this one)

Your scored -3 on Moral Order and 0 on Moral Rules.
•System: Liberalism, Socialism
•Ideology: Capital Democratism, Social Democratism
•Party: Democratic Party
•Presidents: John F Kennedy
•04' Election: John Kerry
•08' Election: Barrack Obama

Political Brew: Not working for me right now

Fire & Ice

X= 1.71
Y= -1.7
Idealism & Autonomy

[alien billie]

Economic Left/Right: -3.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64

Nationality: Scouse
Gender: Male
Worldview: Atheist

Moral Politics:

Your scored -4.5 on Moral Order and 2 on Moral Rules.

1. System: Socialism
2. Ideology: Social Democratism
3. Party: No match.
4. Presidents: Jimmy Carter
5. 04' Election: David Cobb
6. 08' Election: Dennis Kucinich

Political Brew

Still not working.

Fire & Ice

X=1.51
Y=-2.83
Idealism & Autonomy[/QUOTE]

Uh oh, looks like I'm the board fascist so far :eek:

Oi! Pendaric! Stop scrubbing your tenants' steps now and get taking this test, quick! :D

[lpetrich]

I took these tests some months ago, and here are my scores:

Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.82

Moral Politics
Moral Order: -3.0
Moral Rules: 3.0

Political Brew
Fiscal: 42
Non-Fiscal: 12

Fire and Ice
x = 1.36 -- Survival/Competition - Fulfillment
y = -3.24 -- Individuality - Authority
Idealism & Autonomy

Nationality: American
Gender: male
Worldview: atheist

I'll be collecting our scores, as I've done for several other boards, and when you people post enough of them, I'll do some statistics and make some graphs.

[Redshirt]

I'll probably set up my PC test scatterplot once again, unless Loren would like to take over that role.

Loren, would you like me to email you my spreadsheet/scatterplot file? Just so you know, it's an OpenOffice Calc file.

[Eudaimonist]

Here's what I had written over at the other place.

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Economic Left/Right: 8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46

Sex: Male
Nationality: United States (currently living in Sweden)
Beliefs: Nontheist/Eudaimonist


People seem to be adding their Moral Politics results too, so here they are:

Your scored -1 on the Moral Order axis and -7 on the Moral Rules axis.

The following items best match your score:

System: Liberalism
Variation: Economic Liberalism
Ideologies: Ultra Liberalism, Progressive NeoLiberalism

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I decided to take (retake?) the Fire and Ice test today.

x=1.9
y=-2.38

Strongly in the Idealism & Autonomy quadrant.


eudaimonia,

Mark

[Notta]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

Moral compass

-6 on Moral Order
3.5 on Moral Rules

The Fire & Ice survey didn't give me any numbers, but placed me in the lower right quadrant right on the Y axis in "Idealism and Autonomy"

Female
American
Atheist

[lpetrich]

I should have mentioned how to get the Fire and Ice numbers. You get them from the URL of the result page -- it will contain x=<number>&y=<number>

I'm asking for the numbers since just about everybody at IIDB/FRDB, RnR, TR, and SC who has taken that test has ended up in the Idealism & Autonomy quadrant.

Redshirt, thanx for the offer, but I already maintain some files that are full of collected scores. I've also written some software for calculating various statistics.

[Pendaric]

Male
British
Atheist

Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: 0.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.72


Moral Politics

YOUR SCORE

Your scored -1.5 on Moral Order and 1.5 on Moral Rules.



The following categories best match your score (multiple responses are possible):

System: Socialism
Ideology: Social Democratism
Party: No match.
Presidents: Jimmy Carter
04' Election: John Kerry
08' Election: Barrack Obama

Fire & Ice

x=0.95
y=-1.75
Idealism and Autonomy


Sorry alien billie, you're still the site fascist.

[alien billie]

Sorry alien billie, you're still the site fascist.

Nuh-uh! My leftie score was a perfectly rational -3.62, not like the rest of those foaming-at-the-mouth loony libruls, or you, you dead-on centrist fascist you.

:innocent:

[Troglodyte]

These kinds of tests aren't completely accurate but they'll get you in the ball park.

I've taken the political compass several times before. As I recall I tend to stay near center but in the ++ side. Two comparitives were given to me, Merkel and Schroeder, current and prior German PMs. I think one other time I took the test I was a little further into the ++ field, but not as far into it as GWB.

As for the Moral politics compass:
Again, no surprise for me -
Your scored -0.5 on Moral Order and -6.5 on Moral Rules. Basically almost smack dab in the middle bottom.
System: Liberalism
Ideology: Progressive NeoLiberalism
Party: No match.
Presidents: Ronald Reagan
04' Election: Michael Badnarik
08' Election: Ron Paul

I couldn't get the political brew page to load, but from answers given here, I'll extrapolate and note then that I'm a fiscal and social conservative.

Fire and Ice Survey:
x=0.25 y=1.18
Authenticity & Responsibility
Those in the upper right most value ethics, duty, and responsibility within their families and communities. Meanwhile, those with values that place them in the lower right primarily search for personal control, and are open-minded, flexible and idealistic.

[Lisa0315]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.54

[Lisa0315]

YOUR SCORE
Your scored 2 on Moral Order (http://www.moral-politics.com/xPolitics.aspx?menu=Moral_Dimensions&action=Draw&choice=MoralDimensions.Moral_Order) and -3 on Moral Rules (http://www.moral-politics.com/xPolitics.aspx?menu=Moral_Dimensions&action=Draw&choice=MoralDimensions.Moral_Rules).

[Lisa0315]

We have diagnosed you as falling into the
Idealism & Autonomy Quadrant

I didn't get an x and a y for this one.

[Goodchild]

I didn't get an x and a y for this one.

I should have mentioned how to get the Fire and Ice numbers. You get them from the URL of the result page -- it will contain x=<number>&y=<number>

That's how you get the x and y :)

[Lisa0315]

I didn't get an x and a y for this one.

I should have mentioned how to get the Fire and Ice numbers. You get them from the URL of the result page -- it will contain x=<number>&y=<number>

That's how you get the x and y :)

I had a graph, but no numbers is what I am saying.

[Notta]

Fire and Ice:

x=1.98
y=-2.22

[Notta]

I didn't get an x and a y for this one.

I should have mentioned how to get the Fire and Ice numbers. You get them from the URL of the result page -- it will contain x=<number>&y=<number>

That's how you get the x and y :)

I had a graph, but no numbers is what I am saying.On the page with the graph, look up at the box in your browser with the URL. Somewhere near the end of the URL will be "x=number&y=number" in the midst of everything else.

For instance, here's what mine said: fireandice.environics.net/surveys/fireandice/compare.asp?sid=1&tribeID=3&x=1.98&y=-2.22&dat=52499&sidImage=true

[Lisa0315]

x=0.07&y=-0.58 :D

[Worldtraveller]

Semographic Data:
Male, 41, US

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10

Moral Politics
YOUR SCORE
Your scored -4.5 on Moral Order and 2.5 on Moral Rules.

Fire and Ice

Autonomy and Idealism
x=0.89
y=-2.65


I'll have to try the political brew one some other time, it appears to be down at the moment.

[Garnet]

Political Compass

Score Today:
Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.87

On 4/7/08, my scores were:
Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.05

Nationality: US
Gender: Female
Worldview: Atheist

The Moral Politics Test

Score Today:
Your scored 0 on Moral Order and -1.5 on Moral Rules.

Score on 4/8/08:
Your scored 0.5 on Moral Order and -0.5 on Moral Rules.

Political Brew

I couldn't get the Political Brew to load today.

Score on 4/8/08:
On Non-Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (22).
On Fiscal Issues, you rank as a Moderate Liberal (37).

Fire and Ice

Score Today:
Idealism & Autonomy Quadrant
x=1.13
y=-2.5

Score on 4/8/08:
Idealism and Autonomy Quadrant:
x = 1.2
y = 1.8

Interesting how things change in a year. Not all significant but still a bit different.

[lpetrich]

Troglodyte, if you don't mind me asking, would it be possible for you to post some previous Political Compass score? Or at least point me to somewhere where you had posted it if you are willing to reveal your username there, like at IIDB/FRDB.

Also, Troglodyte, you are the only one I've discovered who has scored in the Authenticity & Responsibility quadrant; just about everybody who's given their scores at IIDB/FRDB, RnR, TR, and here is in Idealism & Autonomy, though a few people at IIDB/FRDB are in Exclusion & Intensity.

Here are the four Fire and Ice quadrants and my names for them:

Exclusion & Intensity (x-, y-) - thrill-seeker
Status & Security (x-, y+) - traditionalist, status-seeker
Idealism & Autonomy (x+, y-) - artiste, bohemian
Authenticity & Responsibility (x+, y+) - moralist

[Eudaimonist]

Idealism & Autonomy (x+, y-) - artiste, bohemian

This is the first time I've ever been called a bohemian. lol


eudaimonia,

Mark

[Troglodyte]

Troglodyte, if you don't mind me asking, would it be possible for you to post some previous Political Compass score? Or at least point me to somewhere where you had posted it if you are willing to reveal your username there, like at IIDB/FRDB.

Sorry, while I believe I have posted it on another board, it was so long ago as to be a pain to dig for it - and not really worth it (no offense). But, going with what I remember, I can give three estimated results from three times I recall having taken it: x .5, y .5 ; x 4, y 1 ; and x 4, y 4.

Because the questions aren't always exactly answerable according to my position, and because some things may or may not be a big deal, there is such a variance.


Also, Troglodyte, you are the only one I've discovered who has scored in the Authenticity & Responsibility quadrant; just about everybody who's given their scores at IIDB/FRDB, RnR, TR, and here is in Idealism & Autonomy, though a few people at IIDB/FRDB are in Exclusion & Intensity.

Heh... I'm not surprised. Were Norrin Radd to partake, I believe you'd find him also not in the Idealism/Autonomy category.

Here are the four Fire and Ice quadrants and my names for them:

Exclusion & Intensity (x-, y-) - thrill-seeker
Status & Security (x-, y+) - traditionalist, status-seeker
Idealism & Autonomy (x+, y-) - artiste, bohemian
Authenticity & Responsibility (x+, y+) - moralist


I saw that according to their charting I was near the y axis. As you've labeled status and security as traditionalist, I'd imagine that's why my score put me near the axis. I don't care about status, but being consistent, honest, moral and valuing tradition, yeah.

That said, after having viewed the political charts of prior US political candidates, I'm probably a bit firmer into the ++ territory, especially considering that I voted Constitution Party in 2004 and held Alan Keyes in high regard. Had Fred Thompson stuck it out, I'd have voted for him this last go 'round.

And considering what I've seen GWB do over the last 8 years and Obama do so far, I daresay that the chart results for both of them as well as other candidates is probably flawed.

[Goodchild]

Thought I'd bump this back up if some of our newer members wanted to take the tests and contribute their scores :)

[TheBear]

Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.49

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n282/jahzzz/pcchart.png

[Christina]

Mine are:
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.15

I skipped the moral one because I couldn't simplify things that much and would have chosen 'none of the above' on almost everything. On the Fire and Ice one I'm about as far in the lower right corner of idealism and autonomy as you can get.

[sohy]

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21

I don't have time to do the other tests right now.

[JamesBannon]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.64

Moral rules
YOUR SCORE

Your scored -5 on Moral Order and 6.5 on Moral Rules.

Fire & Ice
We have diagnosed you as falling into the
Idealism & Autonomy Quadrant

Well over to the lower right, I can't get x,y coordinates.

The political brew test seems to have disappeared?

The values haven't changed since the last time I did the tests.

[lpetrich]

You can get x and y coordinates from the Fire-and-Ice result URL. It contains "x=(number)" and "y=(number)" -- those are the numbers I'm looking for. If nothing else, you can post the whole URL here.

The Political Brew test seems to be gone, so one nedd not worry about taking it.

Some pages of mine on various boards' results:
Political-Compass Scores (http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/Politics/Compass/Compass.html)
Density Plots of Political-Compass Scores (http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/Politics/Compass/DensityPlots.html)

We're mostly bottom left in the Political Compass, with some trailing off rightward -- much like many people in FRDB, TR, and other secularist messageboards.

In Moral Politics and Fire and Ice, we are also fairly similar to FRDB and TR.

So keep the scores coming.

[Sam Hunter]

UK Male Atheist

Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15
"Libertarian left"

Moral Politics

Moral order: -4
Moral rules: 1.5

System: Socialism
Ideology: Social democratism
Party: No match
Presidents: Jimmy Carter
04' Election: David Cobb :dunno:
08' Election: Barrack Obama

Fire and Ice

Idealism and Autonomy quadrant
x=1.58 and y=1.83

[Octavia]

Female, Kiwi, atheist, 32

Political Compass: economic left/right -7.00; social libertarian/authoritarian -4.26

Moral Politics Test: moral order -4, moral rules 0

Fire and Ice: idealism and autonomy, x = 1.21, y = -1.25

[Celsus]

Some pages of mine on various boards' results:
Political-Compass Scores (http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/Politics/Compass/Compass.html)
Density Plots of Political-Compass Scores (http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/Politics/Compass/DensityPlots.html)
You can detect the survey's bias from those scores. Virtually all mainstream world leaders are in the centre-right (I'm pretty sure they were just guesstimates from people in the know), whereas nearly everyone in your plots ends up being centre/left libertarian. The gap is actually between rhetoric/values (people taking the test get judged on) and structures (actually existing politicians get judged on), one that is quite an interesting one (especially for the Foucauldians among us).

I scored approximately -3,-6 (a far cry from the -6,-7 of younger days) but I think I might be considered economically centre-right in Europe for example, whereas I'd be centre-left in the US and centrist in Asia.

[sohy]

Your scored -1.5 on Moral Order and 0 on Moral Rules.

The following categories best match your score (multiple responses are possible):

1. System: Liberalism, Socialism
2. Ideology: Capital Democratism, Social Democratism
3. Party: Democratic Party
4. Presidents: Jimmy Carter
5. 04' Election: John Kerry
6. 08' Election: Barrack Obama



I had a terrible time answering those questions but I did vote for all three of those men. :D I voted for the Obama in the book he wrote, not the one we ended up getting. I don't know that guy.

[Iblis waswas]

Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.15

Moral Politics:

Your scored -2.5 on Moral Order and 1 on Moral Rules.

1. System: Socialism
2. Ideology: Social Democratism
3. Party: Democratic Party.
4. Presidents: Jimmy Carter
5. 04' Election: John Kerry
6. 08' Election: Barrack Obama

Fire and Ice

x= -0.29
y= -0.77

Exclusion & Intensity

[Eudaimonist]

We're mostly bottom left in the Political Compass, with some trailing off rightward -- much like many people in FRDB, TR, and other secularist messageboards.

Yeah, the people in the lower right are the libertarians (in the American sense of the term). For example, I'm a long-time American libertarian, and here is my location:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=8.00&soc=-6.46

The high concentration of people seen in some of the graphs in the mid-to-upper right seem to be the RWA conservatives, assuming that they are Americans.

It was fascinating to see how atheists and neo-pagans strongly tend to be libertarians (i.e., anti-authoritarians) on the Choamskite "Political Compass" test, whereas the Christian sites, Muslims, and neo-fascists have these additional glowing death clouds in the center and upper-right.


eudaimonia,

Mark

[muidiri]

Female, 35, American, Atheist.

Politcal Compass:
Economic Left/Right: 2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.28

Moral Politics:
0.5 on Moral Order
-6 on Moral Rules

Political Brew:
Seems to be broken in some way. Unless the quiz is to find the quiz amongst all the completely unrelated links they're throwing at me. In which case, I fail.

Fire and Ice:
Idealism & Autonomy (big surprise)
x=1.21
y=-1.64

[Cath B]

Political compass

Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

Not sure how accurate this is as I swithered over a few questions.

[Cath B]

Fire and Ice

Key Characteristics

* Self-reliant and in control of their own destiny
* Idealistic and open-minded
* Rejecting out-dated norms and institutions



Fundamental Motivations and Values

* Personal Control
* Question Authority
* Global Consciousness
* Adaptability to Complexity
* Flexible Families

Well to right and bottom here but I'm too dopey at 3.40 am to work out coordinates

[The Naked Mage]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.50&soc=-3.69

[The Barefoot Bum]

Economic Left/Right: -9.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.64

Hardly surprising. Still and all, I'm a communist. I have the same sort of contempt for libertarian socialists as I do for liberal Christians: their hearts are (more or less) in the right place, but their brains are in la-la land.

[Zygote]

Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46

Not as far over as some, but comfortably in the lower left quadrant.

[David B]

Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46

Not as far over as some, but comfortably in the lower left quadrant.

IIRC, that's pretty close to me, and I did the test at II and TR. Similar in both.

David

[lpetrich]

I've updated the density plots at my Political-Compass Scores (http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/Politics/Compass/Compass.html):

FRDB - others (Political Compass) (http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/Politics/Compass/DensityPlots.html)
FRDB - TR (all four quizzes) (http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/Politics/Compass/DensityPlots_TR.html)
FRDB - SC (three quizzes) (http://homepage.mac.com/lpetrich/Politics/Compass/DensityPlots_SC.html)

As can easily be seen, we are much like the people at Talk Rational and our ancestral board, IIDB/FRDB. Some of us are the same people, but by no means all of us.

I've done a lot of statistical number crunching on the scores, and I've found several interesting trends.

In each individual board's set of scores, economic left-right has a positive correlation with social libertarian-authoritarian, with economic right being more socially authoritarian, though not strongly. There's usually a 1/2-point increase in social authoritarianism with every 1-point move to the economic right.

This is contrary to what many right-libertarians seem to believe; from how they present themselves, they imagine that everybody would fall on a line from Political-Compass top left (statist) to bottom right (libertarian). In actual fact, they go from bottom left to top right, though they usually increase upward about 1/2 as fast as they increase rightward.

Individual people's scores do not change much over time, and the overall distribution of scores at FRDB/IIDB has changed little over the last 8 years.

Between quizzes, I find these correlations:

Political Compass | Economic | Left | Right
Moral Politics | Order | Collective | Individual
Political Brew | Fiscal | Liberal | Conservative


Political Compass | Social | Libertarian | Authoritarian
Moral Politics | Rules | Egalitarian | Hierarchical
Political Brew | Non-Fiscal | Liberal | Conservative
Fire and Ice | (y) | Individuality | Authority
Fire and Ice | (x) | Fulfillment | Competition


Between boards, there are some interesting trends. In their Political Compass scores, the atheist/secularist/skeptic boards are much alike; a big blob in the lower left, with a tail extending rightward from it. That rightward tail is the right-libertarians.

Among such boards, the Infidel Guy forums and especially JREF are unusual of having a relatively strong rightward tail.

Looking elsewhere, Cross+Flame (liberal Xian) and Mystic Wicks (neopagan) are much like FRDB and here, while ChristianForums and TheologyWeb have a lower-left blob with a tail extending into the upper right. Its right end is much higher than the comparable feature for secularist boards. Rapture Ready also has that structure, but with a much weaker lower-left blob.

Economic-right Xians tend to be much more socially authoritarian than economic-right atheists. In fact, right-libertarians are the most atheist demographic that I've found from these quizzes.

The Muslims at Ummah.com are significantly more authoritarian than the secularists, while being only a little bit more economic right. The Stormfront people (white nationalist, neo-fascist) are even more in that direction.

[The Barefoot Bum]

lpetrich: Can you give us some of the actual numbers?

[Magus55]

Economic Left/Right: -3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.95

System: Conservatism, Liberalism, Socialism, Authoritarianism
Ideology: Capital Republicanism, Capital Democratism, Social Democratism, Social Republicanism
Party: Democratic Party
Presidents: Gerald Ford
04' Election: John Kerry
08' Election: Barrack Obama

Idealism and Autonomy

[lpetrich]

Here are the average numbers for the Political Compass scores of the members of several messageboards:

Board | Number | Economic | StDev - | Social - | StDev -
IIDB/FRDB | 784 | -3.64 | 4.06 | -5.15 | 2.42
Secular Café | 25 | -4.09 | 4.08 | -4.92 | 2.20
Talk Rational! | 161 | -4.63 | 3.68 | -5.37 | 2.03
Rants 'n Raves | 9 | -4.78 | 3.09 | -6.07 | 1.29
Heathen Hub | 21 | -4.10 | 3.64 | -5.22 | 2.79
Atheist Network | 23 | -4.42 | 3.74 | -5.47 | 1.70
Infidel Guy | 107 | -2.59 | 4.49 | -4.51 | 2.43
James Randi | 91 | -1.82 | 4.06 | -4.53 | 2.42
Cross+Flame | 32 | -5.29 | 2.84 | -5.17 | 1.79
Mystic Wicks | 98 | -3.57 | 3.59 | -4.03 | 2.31
ChristianForums | 82 | -2.26 | 4.88 | -2.97 | 3.83
TheologyWeb | 62 | -1.40 | 4.00 | -2.30 | 2.69
Rapture Ready | 55 | -0.99 | 3.92 | -0.25 | 2.88
Ummah.com | 42 | -2.92 | 2.89 | -1.00 | 1.91
Stormfront | 82 | -1.91 | 3.55 | 1.69 | 2.55
Free Republic | 3 | 6.38 | 2.96 | 1.90 | 1.22


Here are some numbers for the Moral Politics and the Fire and Ice quizzes:

Board | Number | M Order | StDev - | M Rules | StDev - | Number | Comp-Fulf | StDev - | Indv-Auth | StDev -
IIDB/FRDB| 50 | -2.79 | 2.07 | 0.78 | 3.63 | 24 | 1.06 | 0.62 | -2.36 | 1.02
Secular Café | 17 | -2.53 | 2.16 | 0.09 | 3.71 | 15 | 1.15 | 0.65 | -1.83 | 1.13
Talk Rational! | 74 | -2.96 | 2.06 | 1.01 | 2.99 | 44 | 1.40 | 0.39 | -2.20 | 0.76


I've done some correlations between score numbers, both numerical values proper and their ranks. I've also done Principal Component Analysis, to find out how the values are correlated.

I've even done some comparison statistics between scores of different boards. I've found that the differences between IIDB/FRDB, TR, and SC are not very statistically significant, while the differences between these boards and the likes of Stormfront and Rapture Ready are much more statistically significant. It's easy to guess these results from eyeballing the graphs, but it's nice to see that intuition confirmed by crunching the numbers.

[The Barefoot Bum]

Here are the average numbers for the Political Compass scores of the members of several messageboards:

Many thanks!