Aspergers test!!!

[EverythingIBM]

Alright, here's an aspergers test I found:
http://www.piepalace.ca/blog/asperger-test-aq-test/

It'd be funny to see what people here get; my score was 23 on that.

[kishy]

24     Average math contest winner

Yet I consider my TI-83+ and/or FK-5001 being within reach to be a necessity...

[Rajagra]

Scored 25 here. I've sometimes felt I have slightly autistic tendencies. But it could just be that the world is full of jerks and I have no inclination to get on with them. I think the latter is the more significant explanation.

[phoenix]

36/50, fortunately near the very low end of the extreme spectrum.

[audioave10]

I scored a 28...so very average.

[phoenix]

Yet I my TI-83+ and/or FK-5001 being within reach to be a necessity...

That's not actually contradictory. A calculator is for arithmetic, not math. Not everyone is a human calculator.

[ricercar]

I wrote this earlier this year:

Autism in All of Us?
2010.03.23 (Tuesday) – 11:43 am

Autism might be a magnification of tendencies we all share. We’re labeled autistic when we do not limit certain behaviors that all people have. We’re mainstreamed when we learn to limit the behaviors.

Obsession is just one of the autistic behaviors I’ve seen, for example in Gabriel’s passion about trains. He can identify Caltrain vs Amtrack Capital Corridor vs Amtrack regular by the horn it blows. He can tell me whether the Shrek train is in the Bachman or MHT train catalog, and probably what page it’s on. My guess is that it’s only a short time until he memorizes the light rail schedule. He sponges up everything he’s exposed to regarding trains.

I can obsess about a piece of technology, researching and planning all night, buying multiple flavors of it even while unemployed or otherwise fiscally irresponsible (don’t tell my wife), take it apart and re-assemble to the exclusion of all other activities (…were it not for the demands of my family). Once I’ve learned ridiculously more about less and less, I can set it aside. Then I can offer encyclopedic advice to my friends.

I think that our ability to be temperate, to balance our obsessive and non-obsessive behaviors takes us off the autism spectrum. This ability to gate or throttle is not trained or present in autistic people: obsession, sights, sounds, touches, passions, are all 100% all the time for them.

[EverythingIBM]

Scored 25 here. I've sometimes felt I have slightly autistic tendencies. But it could just be that the world is full of jerks and I have no inclination to get on with them. I think the latter is the more significant explanation.

Well, my friend scored 30 lol (but I know he's not autistic). Everyone just has a little weirdness to them. Some people I socialize with fine, others are just horrible to talk to. Some people just have "bad" personalities.

[gr1m]

17 - Average female scientist

I'm a male electrical engineer but nice try?

[EverythingIBM]

Simple.  

Are you in IT?

No - rest easy

Yes - be worried, very worried


source:  Wired

I'm not a programmer nor do I have any affiliation to IBM, if that makes sense.

[didjamatic]

27/50  Yes, my main job is in IT.

Ricercar, that's a great snippet that offers some decent perspective.

[Oqsy]

I scored 16...  Not sure what that means by that scale, even if only "for entertainment".

[chimera15]

25

[EverythingIBM]

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[ricercar]

You scored 36. The ranking below provides some idea of where that AQ fits in.

 Score  
 32 - 50 Scores over 32 are generally taken to indicate Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism, with more than 34 an "extreme" score.
   31  
   30  
   29  
   28  
   27  
   26  
   25  
   24 Average math contest winner
   23  
   22  
   21 Average male or female computer scientist
   20  
   19 Average male scientist, and average male or female physicist
   18 Average man
   17 Average female scientist
   16  
   15 Average woman, and average male or female biologist
   14  
   13  
 0 - 12

[Rajagra]

Wow, that Bill Gates video is real, I thought it was a comedy sketch at first.

Looks like the U.S. is a bad place to be 'different'. The government can film you being interrogated and release the footage to the media to expose you to ridicule. Pretty sick concept of a justice system if you ask me.

And at the same time genuinely guilty people are allowed to walk free if 100% conclusive evidence was obtained in the wrong way. Punish the police for not following the rules by letting the guilty walk free. Oh wait, that isn't punishing the police, it's punishing the public by keeping criminals on the streets.

It's a pretty messed up world to be honest. I think people with Aspergers may in fact be more normal than the rest of us.

[gr1m]

I scored 16...  Not sure what that means by that scale, even if only "for entertainment".

Means you're less autistic than most other people taking the test on Geekhack. The scale is probably arbitrary.

[Zalusithix]

27... Not that I put much faith in the accuracy of short online tests.

[gr1m]

Notice the typo.



Needs specificity.

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or...

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Proves the author of this survey was not a detail person.

I'm thinking mm/dd/yy kinda dates.

[Zalusithix]

I'm thinking mm/dd/yy kinda dates.

I have a feeling Rip knows that and is just making fun of the test.

[bionicroach]

Another 36 here.  And yes, of course I work in IT.

[glo]

> 0-12
Only later did I realise the exact score is given above the chart, and by then I already refreshed the page.

[hyperlinked]

It'd be funny to see what people here get; my score was 23 on that.

I seriously expected you to score a lot higher. I don't mean that in a cruel way. I meant that it would help explain something about your obsessions.

I only got so far as 20... not terribly geeky I'm afraid. I've got some work to do or I'll have to go find that "nerdhack" site with Kishy after all.

[Brodie337]

33... Is that a good or a bad thing?

[1839cc]

23 fwiw.

[hyperlinked]

If a relatively short test can be trusted for any accuracy at all, it just means you have "autistic tendencies," which is a far cry from saying you may have autism. If you have general anxiety and depression, you could easily rack up some quick points, yet not really have any behaviors attributable to likely autism.

[gr1m]

If a relatively short test can be trusted for any accuracy at all, it just means you have "autistic tendencies," which is a far cry from saying you may have autism. If you have general anxiety and depression, you could easily rack up some quick points, yet not really have any behaviors attributable to likely autism.

I've only ever taken one accurate online quiz/test. The question was "How adventurous are you?". I picked the "I like to take risks" option. My result on the test was: You are an adventurous person who likes to take risks.

[hyperlinked]

I've only ever taken one accurate online quiz/test. The question was "How adventurous are you?". I picked the "I like to take risks" option. My result on the test was: You are an adventurous person who likes to take risks.

Any of you who've taken the full MMPT (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Test) will probably remember how long it took to get through it. Some personality tests literally can take hours to complete and they consist of nothing more than the same type of questions that are in this "Asperger's Test."

There's a reason for the excessive length. One of the effects is that it makes it harder for you to skew the test by answering the way you'd like to be rather than the way you actually are. You can always totally lie and skew it of course, but the stuff that's a judgement call that you bias toward your ideal can really skew a short test noticeably.

[unicomp]

46

[HaaTa]

Woo, scored a 12, what do I win!!

None of the questions mentioned anything about remembering situations. I was sure something along those lines would've boosted my score by a lot.

I'm a Computer Engineer btw.

[ch_123]

I know someone who did that test and got 21/50...



...who has actually actually been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.

So when I also got 21, I wasn't sure what that meant in the scheme of things =P

There's a reason for the excessive length. One of the effects is that it makes it harder for you to skew the test by answering the way you'd like to be rather than the way you actually are. You can always totally lie and skew it of course, but the stuff that's a judgement call that you bias toward your ideal can really skew a short test noticeably.

Often in such tests, questions are repeated to try and ensure some degree of consistency.

[Guardian]

I'm impressed, I only got a 21. I thought I was more of an arse than that. Oh well, good to know.

[clickclack]

For some reason I felt like taking this test but I really wish I hadn't, especially before going to bed.

I found myself upset and visibly shaken after taking that test. I scored a good bit over 30 and found taking it very frustrating. I am even more upset that this upset me so much as I don't know why. Maybe I am too afraid to think about why, I don't know.


I became even more shaken up when I read this particular quote from ricercar. I am not upset at ricercar, just with how I felt while reading it.

I wrote this earlier this year:...

The Bill Gates video a few posts back made me very sad and uneasy, he seemed really uncomfortable.

[ch_123]

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[Nonmouse]

Notice the typo.

Needs specificity.

Proves the author of this survey was not a detail person.

Scored 50, huh?

[Mith]

33. Not surprised.

[didjamatic]

The key takeaway I got from what Ricercar posted was that everyone has behaviors and tenancies that are "in the autism spectrum" but most are able to keep them in check and that's what makes the difference.  It's not that anyone should worry or feel uneasy about being in that spectrum, but more about how everyone has these things.  Most intelligent people "have something wrong with them" and nearly all significant people in history did as well.  

Also, a test on the internet doesn't mean much.  Only when administered by a professional does it have true merit.  Really.

[whininggit]

25

[iMav]

36/50, fortunately near the very low end of the extreme spectrum.

I got 36 and I'm in sales.  

[unicomp]

It seems to be fair to conjecture that the test will output a high result if one is merely uncaring towards other people and their actions. This is simply one circumstance in which it would seem to fail to meet the criterion upon which it is based.

[erricrice]

I think I cheated.....

0-12

It seems to be fair to conjecture that the test will output a high result if one is merely uncaring towards other people and their actions. This is simply one circumstance in which it would seem to fail to meet the criterion upon which it is based.

This.

[kriminal]

28... O_o

[isp]

25

[hoggy]

15 - looks like I escaped relatively unharmed.

[vils]

25, not surprised.

[nads93uk]

36, should i be worried? naah f*ck that

[Cthulhu]

Got 31 and i didnt even know what aspergers syndrome ist, well im at 57% at the original geek test wich makes me an: "Extreme Geek".
http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html

[Rajagra]

36, should i be worried? naah f*ck that

It doubles as a test for Tourette's! :rofl:

[Rajagra]

this of course is not funny if you do have aspergers.  But then nothing is so why should i worry about it?

[bigpook]

20

I have the assburgers... man that just killed me : )