PRWEB — Jan 1 — The online dating industry is experiencing a new wave of growth by offering personality tests. Have you questioned the reliability of these tests? Many online personals tests are based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The professionally administered test-retest reliability of MBTI is 0.75 (only 3 out of every 4 tests are reliable). Since matching involves tests from two people, retest reliability is 0.75 x 0.75 = 56%. Reliability of online self-assessment would be even lower, less than 50%. The test-retest reliability of Compatti.com’s compatibility assessment tool, which is based on biorhythms and astrology, is nearly 100%. PRWEB
Mark Brooks: I'll be writing an article on the top personality test based online personals sites for One 2 One magazine for their Valentines issue. eHarmony, Match, Tickle, True and PerfectMatch seem to be the category leaders.
Yahoo personals has also designed a test – you should have a quick look at that one, too,
Elin
Yahoo test is similar to Match.com, both developed by WeAttract. How can you do a personality test shootout when you work for a dating company? Could be construed as biased, don’t you think?
I don’t work for an online dating company David. I left Cupid.com. At present I am consulting for Diet.com and have no affiliations with any online dating company.
Actually the previous comments about test-retest reliability are incorrect. Moreover, there is no scientific evidence for astrology — much less evidence that Compatti.com’s test is anything but a product for entertainment purposes only. In fact, I recently published an article in the North Journal of Psychology that debunked eHarmony’s testing systems, as well as posed a challenge to other services to offer public evidence that their methods are based on professional testing standards (jointly set by the AERA, APA, and NCME). So far, TRUE is the only service that posts the reliability and validity evidence for its test, as well as adheres to modern methods of test construction.