The Baha'i Studies Listserv At 03:03 PM 11/21/2012, you wrote:
LL scores people have said they tend Democrat even though they're closer to Green Party or Jill Stein Socialist Party USA or Stewart Alexander
Interestingly, my score overlapped what is supposed to be that of Stewart Alexander. However, my guess is that our actual answers to the questions would have been very different. Certainly not diametrically opposed but not particularly compatible, either.
Two people might well lean in the same direction based on a two dimensional graph but have actual views that are still largely at odds. Even a two axis assessment doesn't do one's political views justice. Slightly better than the one dimensional assessment we tend to see in the press, though.
You might need an extra dimension for every question in order to graph the relationships. Add another question, add another dimension. Parties and pigeon holes are equally uncomfortable.
On matching the quotes to the people on that other part of the Web site, I did manage to guess 57% of them right. Given the low standards of today's classrooms, that might actually equate to a passing grade. I'm so proud...
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