Mark Thompson at WeAtract emailed to follow up on a previous conversation. He sees a a need for a personality test product that 2nd and 3rd tier sites can use. WeAttract is working on this and addressing some of the IT integration issues. Smaller sites have Cadillac tastes and Geo budgets. They want the sophistication and rich media of tests that costs millions of dollars for the big players to develop. The ability for us to deliver affordable, modular, rich media designs has certainly improved dramatically, but the price point can still be an issue.
Personality Tests have quickly become a “standard of practice” or simply a cost of doing business, from some points of view. WeAttract played a role in creating this standard, the exclusive focus on “personality” and on “tests” was never our intent.
Personality is only one of many approaches to connect folks…and “tests” are certainly not the only or most desirable way to learn about people.
Good stuff from Dr. Mark. New products coming from WeAttract soon, stay tuned.
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There is a growing demand for affordable, relevant assessment tools – not just for small niche sites, but for all dating and social networking sites. That said, not everyone wants or needs “Cadillac” functionality. It’s tough parking a Caddy when your development roadmap has gridlock. Sites want code that is easy to deploy (under a week), relevant to member’s goals (finding a mate faster) and most importantly, adds revenue. It’s true that assessment is increasingly becoming standard practice but it shouldn’t be viewed as “a cost of doing business”. Done right, assessment can often be the deciding factor on whether a member pulls out his/her credit card and becomes a subscriber.
It is easy to see that there are excellent personality tests available in different languages, like 16PF5 16 personality factors, in: Danish, Dutch, English for Australia, English for Canada, English for the United Kingdom, English for the United States, French (European), German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese (European and New World), Portuguese of Brazil, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish-American, Swedish & Turkish. coming soon: Chinese, English for South Africa, Finnish, Japanese.
source: http://www.16pfworld.com/languages.html
The 16PF5 was invented by Dr. Raymond Cattell in 1949! Proved in millions of persons over the world and actualized using census 2000 figures. OVER 50 years of experience!!!
Different personality possibilities: 1 x 10raised_to16, more than persons exist in the world, that are nearly 6 x 10raised_to9.
The main problem to solve IS NOT to design personality tests for dating.
The main problem to solve IS TO invent a precise way / method to COMPARE the results of the tests between each others.
LIKE THIS:
Client #01 —- 16PF5 Profile Results
6.7.6.8.9.6.7.7.8.7.2.5.8.7.3.4 PERSONALITY PATTERN
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Client #02 —- 16PF5 Profile
5.7.4.8.7.4.5.6.4.6.8.9.6.8.4.4
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Client #03 —- 16PF5 Profile
2.5.4.6.3.8.7.6.3.9.9.8.2.5.5.6
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Client #04 —- 16PF5 Profile
7.7.6.8.8.7.6.5.8.7.4.5.7.7.3.4
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Client #05 —- 16PF5 Profile
4.9.5.4.1.3.4.9.7.8.7.5.6.7.9.10
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How similar is personality pattern of Client #01 compared to Client #02?
== 74.79865772% (Using LIFEPROJECT method algorithm)
How similar is personality pattern of Client #01 compared to Client #03?
== 54.09395973%
How similar is personality pattern of Client #01 compared to Client #04?
== 92.55033557%
How similar is personality pattern of Client #01 compared to Client #05?
== 57.71812081%
As it could be seen, the comparison method IS NOT a problem of psychology knowledge, it is only a problem of advanced applied math equations (an engineering problem).
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@argentina.com
LIFEPROJECT method DOES NOT apply Regression Weights Method NOR Band Method with optimal range of sten (standardized tens) scores.
LIFEPROJECT method DOES NOT USE Myers-Briggs Type Indicators.
LIFEPROJECT method uses advanced math equations, condensed in an algorithm, to compare the results with high precision.
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