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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 2/16/2008 12:50:39 AM |
You cannot re-take any of the Tests again, as that would defeat their Purpose.
When People don't like the Results, they keep re-doing it until they are happy about them, or more pleasing.
I have to disagree man. If you have a test that is programed inacurately, which I'm sure this one is, you will have results that do not reflect the person's actual frame of mind. That is why there are such filters on these sites, so that people can find who they are actualy compatable with. I'm sure someone knows weather or not they have family issues, or are easy going, these are basic character traits, I have taken these types of tests and never ONCE was I surprised by the outcome. If you aren't family oriented and the test says that you are, who are you going to believe? I think that these half hearted, repulican responses to these inquiries points to something a little deeper than just a disagreement on the 'chemistry test'. It's okay to admit when you don't have a real answer and you don't know what you are doing. That's how we make progress! I think that if you think in these terms you might actualy be able to have a greater number of people hitting your page, therefore increasing your profits! There is a formula for success, and it's really basic, meet the needs of your consumers. That's all anyone can ask. If someone is filtered out of searches based on inacurate test results, that makes the filter not only useless, but it gives people a false sense of who someone is. It might actually cause people to delete their accounts, which would be bad for business. | |
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 2/24/2008 10:17:26 AM | | When I first took the personality test, the self-control section said I had moderate self-control. Now it says I have low self-control. I did not re-take the test or make any changes that might reflect that. Is this a glitch? | |
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 5/20/2008 7:06:09 PM | My Family Oriented values is completely wrong. I value family and have very strong ties to my family. It's not that I answered the questions wrong but they came back with the wrong assessment. Therefore I have elected not to show the rest of the test because of this one area that does not truly represent me.
If somehow I can get this removed or corrected so that the other attributes can be reviewed by others (as they reflect pretty much who I am) I would appreciate it.
Thank you,
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 5/27/2008 7:51:59 AM | | It would be most helpful if the test were accurate to begin with. I have taken the Myers Briggs test multiple times on other sites, and ALWAYS with the same results, that being INFP. The POF version has me tagged as ENTP, not that I have anything against ENTP's, it is just simply not me. It is not a matter of "When People don't like the Results, they keep re-doing it until they are happy about them, or more pleasing," it is a matter of having accurate results to begin with. Please fix this. Since I know my own results here are inaccurate, I have VERY little confidence that anyone else's are correct either. | |
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 5/27/2008 7:52:34 PM |
You know the expression "to spit into the wind?" That's POF in a nutshell.
Hmmmm and the reason you are here is? Nothing fascinates me more than people that want to complain about something that is FREE. | |
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 5/28/2008 7:28:04 AM |
I'm not interested in trying to produce results that look good but aren't an accurate representation of me, I'm more concerned with correcting something which isn't an accurate representation of me.
My thoughts exactly!! | |
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 5/30/2008 11:04:58 PM | I think people should be able to re-take the test. Given if say in a certain time frame, like 6 months apart.
Everyone knows that in life, we have summers and winters. Ups and downs. One point in our life, certain events and experiences happen and we have a result of what we believe at that time.
Then over time, we get stronger or maybe for some of us we get weaker. There's a story that Anthony Robbin's gives in one of his programs. About how a guy is on a bus w/ his two kids, taking the mainline away from downtown. His two kids are getting kind of rowdy and everyone on the bus notices except the father. A gentleman two seats ahead, turns around and says "hey man, can you calm your kids down a little?" and the father replies, "Sorry, we just left the hospital, their mother just died, I didn't even notice."
Talk about perspective. If at that moment that guy took a personality test, would his personality be different at a later time? say after he re-married? Do we stay the same constantly? Or do we over time change & adapt? Grow?
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| Needs assessment can't be removed from profile
Posted: 7/4/2008 12:10:03 AM | I misread one of the items. Now my response says that "what my partner doesn't know won't hurt him." That is not what I meant to say. Can't I retake the test???  | |
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 8/1/2008 10:21:57 PM | "It was also found that after people retake it, nearly 50% of people were still in the same category, no matter how much they tried to re-answer certain questions to what they perceived would give them a "better" result. "
"It" notwithstanding, the personality type is not an immutable aspect of one's character and can change over time, both long term and short term. Though people will have long-term tendencies towards particular types, it's important to understand the shorter-term perspective of the individuals.
Likewise, not know this was a permanent aspect of profile creation, I ran out of time and just clicked through several screens to get it over with, anticipating the ability to return at a later time and take the test with more thoughtful answers.
I'm a little dissapointed it cannot be changed, but will look forward to the day that feature is available. | |
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 8/31/2008 4:40:39 PM | | letshavefun, mine does this too, so when i log back in and everything is blank, i use the back button to go back to the page where i typed whatever and it will then allow me to send or post it | |
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 8/31/2008 11:25:25 PM | I agree you shouldn't be able to retake the test a bunch of times to get a better result.
My 2 cents is that you should be able to retake the test once every X months. Personalities do change... People take the test drunk/tired... The moment you decide to take a personality test on a dating site, and not becuase you wanna know what your myers briggs type is, isn't a highlight in your day normally.
Peoples needs change as they grow.
anyway just my 2 cents.
I know you can retake the test by spending XXXX points I got enough of them lol | |
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| Needs assessment can't be removed from profile
Posted: 11/6/2008 11:21:50 PM | It's very clear many want to know the magic answer to retaking tests.
anyone have any ideas.....or could we write to pof? good idea? or bad?
let's all work on it together,and see if we can resolve what has become an issue for
many people.
just my two cents worth.....
I'll stay tuned for more.
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| Needs assessment can't be removed from profile
Posted: 11/22/2008 9:43:08 PM | | This is disappointing to learn. I am fairly confident my results are wrong. So wrong, I suspect I must have read the questions wrong or had the disagree and agree sides mixed up. | |
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| Needs assessment can't be removed from profile
Posted: 11/29/2008 7:48:45 AM | | I hope they allow us to retake the test at some future point, because the simple fact that people change. Personalities change and some people do not answer truthfully the first time so I think it would be a good idea to allow retakes. | |
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| Needs assessment can't be removed from profile
Posted: 1/5/2009 11:07:38 AM | | Another with the same problem. The assessment seems fairly accurate except on one point where it gave a result exactly the opposite of what I thought I answered. It was very likely because I misread the question. There should be some way to fix the error. | |
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| Needs assessment can't be removed from profile
Posted: 1/6/2009 6:45:41 PM | I seem to have experienced a similar problem as some of the other's on this thread.
As I am a very 'touchy feely' person; that's actually the best way to get my attention as I love physical affection and attention :).
The occasional gift, on the other hand, is wonderful and maybe second or third when compared to physical affection.
Yet some how the Need Assessment results show me as valuing gifts more than physical affection....????
Hmmm....no offense, but there were a few questions that seemed a little vague and confusing. That and/or there might be a possible coding error in the .asp, javascript, etc. (I'm working toward a degree to be a systems analyst and web master). These are the two possible explanations I can think, because I was rather thorough about reading the questions and my answers; aside from the few questions I found to be ambiguous.
So Markus; while I completely respect your reasoning (regarding no retakes)...I strongly request that you allow some run for consideration; because everyone makes mistakes.
As for myself, at the moment I'm not sure what to do. As the result of the Needs assessment would have been very helpful. Yet due to the inaccuracy I can't use it.
Please, consider my request and those of others.
Thank you,
FanofScience
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 1/9/2009 7:31:41 PM | Only if you can provide us with a note from a mental health professional that you meet the diagnostic criteria for "multiple personalities" under the APA's DSM-V.
Otherwise, ...no.
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 1/17/2009 6:04:24 AM |
I 'm a decidedly touchy-feely type. I get a lot out of a little contact; holding hands, a brush of the cheek, and so on. The test produced the exact opposite result. I thought perhaps I had selected incorrectly for a couple of questions...
I had the same experience. However, I know I answered the questions about touch with specific clarity. | |
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 1/17/2009 10:46:24 PM | Where is markus' reasoning for not allowing re-takes? I merely see a moderator making the final call.
It would be very nice for me to retake the test, mostly because I took the test without knowing what exactly was being tested for.
Questions on gifts did not process to me as me not liking to be touched or anything. If they had, I obviously would have answered more conscious to that dichotomy.
There were other questions that did not make sense to me. The question on whether what my partner does not know won't hurt her seemed more like "I'm not obsessed with living in the past" and it can be translated as that much. However, given that for searches, personality takes into account, I'd more prefer to be matched according to how other's answered similarly as opposed to being matched to someone who answered oppositely (this is assuming that my true answer--if I understood the question--would have been the answer consistent with my understanding, i.e. I would have probably said that what my partner does know blah blah.)
It's possible that if I retook the test I'd be in the same broad category, but it's also possible that if I retook the test, with a (now) fuller understanding, I could also boast my match compatibility percentage as being more accurate and what have you since the person that I am communicating with and I will have retaken the test with a full understanding and desired accuracy.
I wish that markus would read this comment. | |
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| Can you re-take the Personality test?
Posted: 1/19/2009 5:40:23 AM | | the results of the Preferred Expression of Affection section of the test are incorrect. when you click the buttons to answer the questions in this section the test gives a readout as if you'd chosen other buttons. the description doesn't match the questions you answer. so basically you can disregard this section whenever you see it at the end of someone's test results. i haven't seen any responses from admin yet as to whether they are aware of it being a problem. i would use this test if it didn't misrepresent the person who answered it. | |
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