Comments on: Are Personality Tests Reliable? http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2005/01/are_personality_tests_reliable/ Online Dating Industry Consulting & Commentary Tue, 22 May 2012 18:46:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave Evans http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2005/01/are_personality_tests_reliable/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Dave Evans Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:15:12 +0000 http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2005/01/are_personality_tests_reliable/#comment-49 Why does a matching system have to be based on science? I think it's unwise to ignore a body of work several thousand years in the making, although I agree it's not the optimum solution, it may well be part of the answer. Match is not successful because they use WeAttract's matching system. They're successful because they caught the popularity wave at the right time. Yahoo! is successful because they have the #1 portal and brand driving traffic to the site, not because they copied Match and licensed the same system from WeAttract. A certain percentage of online daters will utilize what they learn through various scientific matching systems to assist them in their search for a partner. It's a tool they use, just like they also tell their friends they're looking to meet new people, or go out to places where singles gather. To the majority, online dating sites remain more like introduction facilitators. Jim, how about providing a copy of the article in PDF form? I'd be happy to post it here and we can all read the article for ourselves? Why does a matching system have to be based on science? I think it’s unwise to ignore a body of work several thousand years in the making, although I agree it’s not the optimum solution, it may well be part of the answer.

Match is not successful because they use WeAttract’s matching system. They’re successful because they caught the popularity wave at the right time. Yahoo! is successful because they have the #1 portal and brand driving traffic to the site, not because they copied Match and licensed the same system from WeAttract.

A certain percentage of online daters will utilize what they learn through various scientific matching systems to assist them in their search for a partner. It’s a tool they use, just like they also tell their friends they’re looking to meet new people, or go out to places where singles gather. To the majority, online dating sites remain more like introduction facilitators.

Jim, how about providing a copy of the article in PDF form? I’d be happy to post it here and we can all read the article for ourselves?

]]> By: James Houran, Ph.D. http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2005/01/are_personality_tests_reliable/comment-page-1/#comment-48 James Houran, Ph.D. Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:56:59 +0000 http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2005/01/are_personality_tests_reliable/#comment-48 Astrology is not the answer, as it has no scientific basis from all evidence I have seen. However, the question of the reliability of these online personality and compatibility tests has been made repeatedly by me in public and professional forums for some time now! TRUE posts the evidence that its test meets professional testing standards (jointly set by the AERA, APA, and NCME), and in this respect TRUE is the only scientifically validated test available. RelateNetworx.com curiously does not seem to offer any validity data for its methods -- much less evidence that they adhere to modern methods of test construction. They are not alone.. see my recently published acadmeic article debunking eHarmony's testing system and challenging PerfectMatch and Match.com -- among others (North American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 6, pp. 507-526). Astrology is not the answer, as it has no scientific basis from all evidence I have seen. However, the question of the reliability of these online personality and compatibility tests has been made repeatedly by me in public and professional forums for some time now! TRUE posts the evidence that its test meets professional testing standards (jointly set by the AERA, APA, and NCME), and in this respect TRUE is the only scientifically validated test available. RelateNetworx.com curiously does not seem to offer any validity data for its methods — much less evidence that they adhere to modern methods of test construction. They are not alone.. see my recently published acadmeic article debunking eHarmony’s testing system and challenging PerfectMatch and Match.com — among others (North American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 6, pp. 507-526).

]]> By: Chris http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2005/01/are_personality_tests_reliable/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Chris Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:39:59 +0000 http://onlinedatingpost.com/archives/2005/01/are_personality_tests_reliable/#comment-47 The better assessments "around the corner" are found at RelateNetworx.com. The better assessments “around the corner” are found at RelateNetworx.com.

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