PART TWO POSTED AT THE END OF BLOG RESPONSES! READ AND RESPOND BY THURSDAY 9-18
Take the survey at Political Compass (http://www.politicalcompass.org/index)and post your results (you can copy/paste the chart). Briefly discuss your reaction to the questions posed and your placement on the scale. Check out your classmates results and postings and add at least one comment.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
29 comments:
Some of these questions seemed a little out there. Especially the one about how accurate asrology is and how some people are just naturally unlucky. Other than that most of the questions were to be expected when taking this type of quiz. On the economic scale I was placed Authoritarian left and a social Libertarian/Authoritarian.
I agree with Suzy, I didn't really see the point of some of the questions (like the astrology and nauturally unlucky ones), at least in when it comes to politics. I was placed at Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.97. It's interesting to see where each test places me, I've been placed as liberal/centrist on most of them, but on two i was placed as conservative. I think a part of that has to do with the fact that you can't exactly elaborate on the answer choices they give you, it's just yes or no.
I think that the point of the more obscure questions was to figure out what kind of things you believe in. Even the smallest things, like astrology and luck, can be associated with your mindset, and whatever mindset you have is definitely linked to your political stance. I was placed at Economic Left/Right: -4.38 and Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33. I think this is accurate because I fall to the left side of the scale, but more towards the center. This fits with my other tests too, because in each of them I was liberal leaning towards moderate.
I was placed in Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41. This seems to be accurate because it matches all but one of my previous placements.
I agree with Courtney that the questions were necessary to grasp your feelings about a wide range on topics. And as Sara said I do not like that the options are only agree or dissagree. I would like to be able to expand on some answers and others I do not feel that I have enough knowledge to have an opinion on them.
I was placed at Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.90. I agree with Sara, in the aspect that it really is interesting to see the different results from each test. I was placed as a liberal/centrist on most of them. However, on each test I am located a little bit more to the left, or a little bit more to the right.
I also agree with Suzy. A few of the questions were "out there," but they were interesting nonetheless.
After taking the quiz, I received these results.
Economic Left/Right: -3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41
My placement on the grid seemed quite accurate. I feel that I liberal in most cases, those like civil liberties, and protection of the environment, but for the questions on criminal justice and punishments, I recognized my answers to be more conservative.
I think that the questions about astrology and luck were out of place, and although Courtney's explanation seems justified, I wonder if that is truly what the creators of the quiz had intended.
I do not think that one's feeling about astrology and luck have anything to do with their positions on politics. I think those questions along with those about art could possibly say something about a person social views, they have little to do with politics.
While taking this test, I realized that all the questions on this test were very similar to the questions on the others, even though some of them are somewhat unconventional. I think that since the questions are similar, they make the results more valid. For this reason, I think that my results are valid. For this test I was placed at
Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian:
-1.08.
For some of the questions, I didn't have any opinion and then I felt forced into taking a stand on something that I didn't really agree or disagree with. That was the only problem I had with this test.
I was placed at Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.90.
And that is pretty much exactly where I predicted I would fall on the grid.
As like Dom, I felt libral about many of the questions. But, there where a few that I answered conservatory, for example the one on abortion.
Even though the astrology and natuarally unlucky questions were "out there" I agree with Courtney and that it was to be associated with your mindset.
The results of my quiz were as follows: Economic Left/Right: -3.88. Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77.
I feel like these results are fairly accurate and correctly conclude my ideology. These results also reflect the results of the other surveys that we took, validating them further. I feel this survey was much broader and touched upon more issues and topics than some of the other ones we took during class. This makes my confident my conclusions.
Dom I agree with what you're saying (about the questions you thought were out of place), but don't you think that further down the line, your social views will ultimately affect who you vote for, and where you stand politically?
Personally I really liked the random questions of this quiz. I agree with Courtney about how the questions were more for telling what you believe in instead of what your political views are. My results came to be Libertarian which seems accurate because other tests have had the same. My placement was economic Left/Right: -1.62
social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33.
I was somewhat surprised from my results. Usually my results end up placing me in a more conservative category. However most of the questions about abortion, religion and same sex marriage I took a more liberal stance.
I agree with Dom that there was a more broad range of questions and that some are questionable on how they pertained to the subject of politics.
Economic Left/Right: -2.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.82
The results of my test were: Economic Left/Right -1.62, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -4.54
These results placed me on the libertarian side of the graph, but also towards the center. These results are basically on par with the other tests that I have taken, so there were no surprises. One of the concerns I had was on the validity of the questions, and how they affected my results. I honestly had no idea what some of the questions meant, such as the ones about protectionism, multinational companies unethically exploiting the plant generic of developing countries, and the saying "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need". I didn’t know what these questions were asking, so the results based on these questions were obviously skewed. I agree with what Suzy said about the questions being out there, and would also like to add that some of them just plain didn’t make sense to me. In response to what Kelly said about expanding on each question, fundamentally yes, it is a good idea, but in this context it would not work. These quizzes are by no means a definite answer to political views, and are just meant to provide the most basic outline based on the answers you give. I also agree with Kelly on the fact that I did not have enough knowledge to comfortably answer some of the questions. The question I have for everyone is if you truly feel that the questions of this test allowed you to give an accurate representation of yourself politically?
Economic Left/right: -0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.05
I feel that this test accurately put me where I am on both types of view. When it comes to economic views I am more right. I seem to be quite liberal on the social topics besides that I am exceptionally pro-life. I notice that the topic of the wealthy and big business’s getting tax cuts has been continually coming up and I feel that if the wealthy and to corporations get tax cuts at the same rate of the middle and lower class, it increases the wages of the people who are working for the companies, thus making the lower and middle class getting more money in the long run.
Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.51
My results were similar to results I received on other surveys; therefore, I was not surprised.
I think the reason there were questions like “Abstract art that doesn't represent anything shouldn't be considered art at all.” and “Astrology accurately explains many things.” was because the majority of the time, members of the same political party share similar beliefs beyond politics. While that is understandable, I don’t think that’s necessarily true all the time. I’m sorry to disagree with Courtney a little bit but I do not see the connection between one’s personal beliefs on matters like art and astrology and one’s political beliefs. I do not think nonpolitical questions should be part of the quiz because someone’s beliefs about art do not necessarily impact their beliefs about politics. Therefore, they should be kept not have an impact when categorizing someone into a political party.
I deffitnately agree with Chris when he says that these tests and surverys area a basic reflection of the way that we answered to their questions. Answering Chris' question I dont really feel that my political standings were accurately represented by these surveys.
My results were...
Economic Left/Right: -9.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13.
I'm not really sure how I felt about being compared to Stalin.. but.. I can't really say that these results surprised me too much. I've been placed as a liberal or a liberatarian on every quiz we've taken so far. At first I thought it was a bit counter-intuitive that the word "authoritarian" was placed in the results, but then I thought a little about how the term "liberal" has evolved... I don't know, it kind of makes sense if you give it some thought. I'm sure we'll talk about it in class. How did you guys feel about questions that required you to be adults? Did you think about your parents' situations?
Hello, All - I have pulled three questions/comments from your discussion. Please choose one to respond to. If you are qouted below, choose one other than your own.
"The question I have for everyone is if you truly feel that the questions of this test allowed you to give an accurate representation of yourself politically?"
"I do not think nonpolitical questions should be part of the quiz because someone’s beliefs about art do not necessarily impact their beliefs about politics."
"At first I thought it was a bit counter-intuitive that the word "authoritarian" was placed in the results, but then I thought a little about how the term "liberal" has evolved... I don't know, it kind of makes sense if you give it some thought."
I was economic left/right -2.12 and social libertarian/authoritarian -1.79. I thought that some of the questions such as the astrology question,the unlucky question, and the abstract art question where a little werid but then I read the FAQ section of the website. The website said that what a person responds to the questions about liking abstract art or not can tell a lot about a person's political views. Certian regimes attacked types of art and personal philosophy. Perhaps those type of odd questions do matter in deciding political ideology?
"I do not think nonpolitical questions should be part of the quiz because someone’s beliefs about art do not necessarily impact their beliefs about politics."
-Well, I think I may just disagree with that. I believe the question that Brooke is referring to is regarding whether or not "abstract" art should be considered art. One does not have to think very abstractly to imagine liberals as people who would appreciate all forms of expression. While she may be right in saying that belief in art may not impact belief in politics, it may reflect belief in politics.
In response to the first question, I feel the quiz gave an alright representation of myself politically.
The only problem I had was that for many of the questions I did not know enough about to even give an opinion. Additionally there was no option for indifference; If you did not know about a topic, or just did not care, there was no option for that. I think that indifference is an important option in any quiz.
I also looked at the "Political Compass Application" on facebook, and found that quite a few people felt the same as, in that a neutral option should have been included.
Also, One person who posted stated that he found many of the questions biased or induced different answer to the question, and that the length of the quiz, and the order in which he answered the questions caused a change in his results.
"I do not think nonpolitical questions should be part of the quiz because someone’s beliefs about art do not necessarily impact their beliefs about politics."
I disagree with this comment because your nonpolitical beliefs do influence your ideas about politics. Maybe not art, which in that sense I do agree is out of place, but ideas about your personal life (taxes and medicare from government), others lives (welfare from the government to help the poor), issues about the environment and the money from the government spent on it...it all goes back to the government and how you would want them to act. Every belief you have can lead back to the government. So just because the questions aren't bluntly asking about your position on the government; doesn't mean that indirectly it is saying something about your beliefs.
"The question I have for everyone is if you truly feel that the questions of this test allowed you to give an accurate representation of yourself politically?"
I personally feel as though the questions on this test for the most part gave an accurate representation of myself politically. I agree with Dom about not having another option for indifference. I felt as though I was forced to answer some questions that I really didn't have enough of an opinion about, or really didn't know enough about to answer them. I feel that by answering these questions, it could have in some way altered the results of the test. That was the only thing about the test that made me feel that it only did a good job of representing me rather than a great job.
I do not think nonpolitical questions should be part of the quiz because someone’s beliefs about art do not necessarily impact their beliefs about politics."
I disagree with this statement because someone's beliefs about art or astrology could very much impact the way that they think politically. Questions about abstrast art do have to do with politics on the social scale. Some controlling regimes were against unconventional art. Also questions about art demonstrate how a person would stand politically one unconventional social aspects in government.
"I do not think nonpolitical questions should be part of the quiz because someone’s beliefs about art do not necessarily impact their beliefs about politics."
I agree with this statement, that nonpolitical questions should be left off of the quizzes. The whole premise of these quizzes are to show you where you stand politically, and hence should ask only political questions. By doing so, the quizzes could generate more accurate results.
"I do not think nonpolitical questions should be part of the quiz because someone’s beliefs about art do not necessarily impact their beliefs about politics."
I also agree with this statement because when you are taking a survey on politc you should not be questioned about art or astrology, or anything besides politics for that matter. Posing a question about art on a political quiz is as tangential as asking someone the time when you want to know the date.
"The question I have for everyone is if you truly feel that the questions of this test allowed you to give an accurate representation of yourself politically?"
I think that when looking at the big picture the tests were able to give me a better idea of my political views, but when the questions got more involved I had a difficult time responding with a yes or no. It's like what Mrs. Mercurio was saying in class the other day about how it's hard to classify someone as a strict democrat or republican... I found that I have mostly democratic views but on certain issues I could be classified as republican.
"The question I have for everyone is if you truly feel that the questions of this test allowed you to give an accurate representation of yourself politically?"
I agree with Devan that you feel forced to answer a question you don't have enough of an opinion about. I definitely believe that this skews your results and maybe if there was a maybe or no opinion option to select, your results would come out to be more accurate.
Post a Comment