h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I need quite a lot of people to complete a questionnaire. It's at A985133, and should only take about 10 minutes.

If anyone could spare a few minutes of their time, I'd be most grateful.

B

I tried but the questions are impossible!

Done.
Let me know about the results, though.
Also, apologies for reiterating the questions, it was easier for me to do it that way!
Fer

Ditto

Kaz - how can the questions be impossible? I could answer them...

B

Possibly Kaz you'd score highly on the 'spending too much thought on irrelevances' question?!

The most difficult thing was figuring out where in 1-20 you'd be! 1-5 would be a helluva lot easier!

Q

I know. I did ask him why, but he declined to give an answer. Something to do with finer bands in the statistics, I reckon. Makes the graphs look more impressive.

B

Nah, if it is supposed to be serious then some of the questions leave too much to be decided. For example:-

How much a hardworker are you? (1=Lazy; 20=Industrious)
If i am doing something I aminterested in, very much a hardworker.
If I am doing something I am not in the least bit interested in, then much less so, maybe a 5
What is this task you are being measured on? What are the rewards for working on it?

Same for the 'How persistant are you'. If it is something I ain;t that bothered about, then not very. But some people are obsessive about the least little detail.

How often do you blame someone else for your mistakes?
Privately? never, publicly? Sometimes.


How impulsive do you consider yourself to be?
Depends on my mood. Sometimes very impulsive, other days I'm just not interested.

Thing woith most of these types of questionaires is I end up putting the medium answer, ie 10 / 20 as they are never definite enough to give a strong reaction to.

If, on the other hand, this is just a laugh with a pop psyche profile at the end then fair enough and I'll have a go

but if you like doing these sorta things for fun, check out www.queendom.com

A whole battery of specific psyche tests and intelligence tests (and not just the usuall IQ test). Very interesting stuff!

I think it's a small part of some larger research, and your specific answers don't actually matter a great deal (ie. who cares whether you rate yourself a 13 or a 14). It's a little bit more than just pop psyche (at least I hope it is, otherwise I'd feel guilty asking you all).

Plus, bear in mind that there are a few bogus questions in the 50, which aren't going to form part of the results.

B

You mean we aren't going to recieve our body mass index?

Not on the basis of 'I think I'm quite fat', no.

Besides, all women think that, regardless.

B

"and your specific answers don't actually matter a great deal "


nobody wants me
nobody loves me
think I'll go in the garden and eat worms

Ahem, *I* don't think that B.

*considers possible reactions to being rude about Kerr*

Well, with all due respect, you're not exactly typical of the female breed, are you?

Mentally, that is, not physically.

B

Oh I could answer them Master B, but I do not give simplistic one word answers very well, like most people I am complex, I do not feel the same about things at all times and I do not feel the same about all situations eg puzzles.

I can make decisions very quickly, so its not that I'm indecisive, just that I have more than emotion!

Hmmm, I think you managed to skirt nicely 'round the pit of doom there B

Kaz: I know exactly what you're saying, and that's the reason I've always been a bit sceptical about this sort of survey. On the plus-side, it'll keep my brother happy, and it's not detracted greatly from your day, has it?

Kerr: Phew!

B

Fair enough Master B, maybe it just shows that on a scale of 0-20 of awkwardness, I am a 20!