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Dr. James Houran, the brains behind the True.com Compatability Test, shares his thoughts on the infancy of compatibility testing, Rasch scaling, classical test theory and how new technologies and research are driving applied psychology.
[tags: compatability, psychology]
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Dr. Houran said/wrote: “Compatibility testing, indeed all online testing, is still in its
infancy”
There are 2 steps in compatibility testing:
1) testing / tests development.
2) compatibility matching algorithms.
As many actual online dating sites that use proprietary tests and models CANNOT change nor ADJUST their compatibility matching algorithms in their huge databases (from 100,000 persons’ profiles up to 20 million persons’ profiles; perhaps more!!!),
AND
as there is a big weak point / a common weakness PATTERN FOR those online dating sites: Many
users / subscribers complaint about lack of precision / low precision/successful matching rates in “scientific dating and matchmaking”;
sooner (By 2007???) those online dating sites will need to re-invent themselves, launch new
high-precision matching premium services or they will …………collapse!!!
Kindest Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
ardenghifer@gmail.com
Dr. James Houran, the brains behind the True.com Compatability.
According my information Mr. Houran was not even working for True when their test was developed.
The test was developed by Plumeus, Inc. and the “brain� behind the test is certainly not Mr. Houran but Ilona Jerabek Ph.D.
Please correct the statement on this site.
Thank you
John Brown