[Colonol Dekker]

I just caught a programme called embarassing bodies on Channel 4 and thought i'd take this test for a bit of fun to see how i scored...



15!


But it doesn't tell me what that means..........

[watsisname]

I got 30, dunno if thats a good thing or not though.  

Edit:  Yep, probably not a good thing.

[Rick James]

25.

[Blue Lion]

Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.

I got an 8

Basically it determines if you're good in social situations and how well you work with numbers and details. How you do on those questions can be an indication of Autism.

[Herra Tohtori]

Fifteen, but I suspect there is a bias towards some other cultures than my own.

Why on earth should I want to keep a conversation going if it's not happening on it's own? The question "I find it difficult to keep a conversation going" assumes I would want to, or that it is typical to do so. Which it really isn't where I live... it's more likely to gather odd looks and short answers rather than "keep a conversation going".

Other cultural differences include "social chit-chat"...


Also, "I like to collect information about categories of things". I mean, sure, I like to collect information about categories of things like life, universe and everything, but does the question put an emphasis on "information" or "categories"? If I just like "collecting" information (although I believe the more usual term is learning), does it mean I should strongly agree? Or does it require me to be limited to certain categories (like, you know, any kind of specialization sort of requires you to do... so if you study veterinary medicine and you enjoy it, does it mean you enjoy collecting information about category of things (animals, their illnesses and their treatment), or does it mean you're a veterinary student? 

I hate ambiguous and culturally aligned quizzes.

[Colonol Dekker]

I fear compulsive over-analysis is a sign. . . . . . . Of something

[Herra Tohtori]

I fear compulsive over-analysis is a sign. . . . . . . Of something

What, like studying a science that involves heavy statistical analysis?

After a while of doing lab experiments you sort of start automatically doing mental checks of systematic errors and other stuff that could lead to anomalies. In my case, that extends to things like this.

[MR_T3D]

24, if i did this 1/2 year ago it'd probably be a little higher.


anyone else notice 2 questions were repeated.

[Colonol Dekker]

I did. . .
 
But I tried to not let it influence my score

[Scotty]

I did notice, and was tempted to answer differently just to mess with my score.  But I didn't.

Got a 17.

[Locutus of Borg]

(3^3 - 3^2) + 9^1/2

[Blue Lion]

I fear compulsive over-analysis is a sign. . . . . . . Of something

What, like studying a science that involves heavy statistical analysis?

After a while of doing lab experiments you sort of start automatically doing mental checks of systematic errors and other stuff that could lead to anomalies. In my case, that extends to things like this.

It's an indicator, that's all. Just cause you're not the greatest chit chatter doesn't mean you're autistic but the inability to do well in social situations IS a sign of it.

[Pred the Penguin]

18....

That would indicate, slightly above average?

[BloodEagle]

26. 

anyone else notice 2 questions were repeated.

Yes. 

[StarSlayer]

10

[Darius]

Having paired similar questions in psychological questionnaires are usually to check for consistency among the person's answers, but they wouldn't be repeated word for word. Don't know how it would apply in this quiz either unless they were doing a lie analysis of the data.

EDIT: 7

[NGTM-1R]

I'm curious about the questions of easily adapting to fiction, myself?

[Kosh]

35

[Bobboau]

also 35

[Dilmah G]

I got a 6. Now, to find out what the hell this means.