Where you charted politically 2 years ago.

grimm · 02-13-2005

I find the questions too ambiguous and easily manipulated.

Its Extreme Terms. standardized profiling tests use them in both ways. people taking the tests often concentrate on the content of the question, rather than the extreme terms being used to shift them in one direction or another.

questions such as

"You cannot be moral without being religious." are stratifying. they serve no purpose but to put you on one side of an issue or another.

Debate and discourse will always win over polling and standardized testing when it comes to accurately assessing a population. be it a grade level or a nation.

02-13-2005	#1
grimm Cramming 3 people in a Room to Attend Show Stop Lurking and start posting! Register now! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 5,306	I find the questions too ambiguous and easily manipulated. Its Extreme Terms. standardized profiling tests use them in both ways. people taking the tests often concentrate on the content of the question, rather than the extreme terms being used to shift them in one direction or another. questions such as "You cannot be moral without being religious." are stratifying. they serve no purpose but to put you on one side of an issue or another. Debate and discourse will always win over polling and standardized testing when it comes to accurately assessing a population. be it a grade level or a nation. __________________ Think horses, not zebras.

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