Make even more science

Richard at Philosophy, et cetera has begun a meme designed to generate open-source data on bloggers' personality traits and political inclinations, with the intention that someone will analyze the data and observe correlations. So far, fewer than a third of meme-respondents have been female. To remedy this problem, I've participated in the meme myself, and I'll tag five female bloggers also to participate. (Thanks for the email, Richard!) The instructions for the meme follow, and additional information can be found at Richard's original post.

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Overview: This post is a community experiment with two broad purposes. The first is to create publicly accessible data about bloggers' personalities, which may have sociological value in addition to being just plain fun. The second is to track the propagation of this meme through blogspace. Full details and explanation can be found on the original posting.

Instructions (to join in the experiment):

1) Take the IPIP-NEO personality test and the Political Compass quiz, if you have not done so already.

2) Copy to the clipboard that section of this post that is within the double lines, and paste it into your blog editor. (Blogger users may wish to use 'compose' mode to preserve formatting and hyperlinks. Otherwise, be sure to add hyperlinks as necessary.)

3) Replace the answers in the "survey" section below with your own.

4) Add your blog information to the "track list", in the form: "Linked title - URL - optional GUID".

5) Any additional comments should go outside of the double lines, including the (optional) nomination of bloggers you wish to pass this experimental meme on to.

6) Post it to your blog!

Survey:

Age: 35
Gender: Female
Location: Northeastern U.S.
Religion: Earth-based/Goddess
Occupation: Graduate student and erstwhile college instructor
Began blogging (dd/mm/yy): 01/07/03

Political Compass results
Left/Right: -6.63
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13

IPIP-NEO results

EXTRAVERSION: 21 (low)
Friendliness 49
Gregariousness 31
Assertiveness 44
Activity Level 1
Excitement-Seeking 14
Cheerfulness 61

AGREEABLENESS: 76 (high)
Trust 95
Morality 93
Altruism 19
Co-operation 89
Modesty 20
Sympathy 65

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS: 15 (low)
Self-Efficacy 56
Orderliness 49
Dutifulness 33
Achievement-Striving 5
Self-Discipline 0
Cautiousness 34

NEUROTICISM: 52 (average)
Anxiety 33
Anger 20
Depression 80
Self-Consciousness 22
Immoderation 94
Vulnerability 58

OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE: 95 (high)
Imagination 86
Artistic Interests 72
Emotionality 75
Adventurousness 61
Intellect 87
Liberalism 99

Track List:
1. Philosophy, et cetera - pixnaps.blogspot.com - pixnaps97a2
2. Sappho's Breathing - sapphosbreathing.com - sapbr7505
3. (add your entry here)

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It strikes my that my "conscientiousness" score has been severly affected by graduate school.

OK, ladies, tag, you're it! Stewgad, Bitch, Ph.D., New Kid, Emily, and Tish.

Posted by Cleis at July 5, 2005 06:49 PM