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Weighing answers in personality test

Understand how to weigh personality test points

Anne Mai Knudsen avatar
Written by Anne Mai Knudsen
Updated over a month ago

If you want to give more weight to certain answers or questions in the test, you can assign more points to those answers. You can assign from -150 to 150 points to each question.
However, we recommend assigning 1 point per answer per personality unless your setup has been specifically designed to account for different point values. Assigning disproportionately high points to a single question or answer (e.g., 5 points per personality on the first question) can skew the results significantly, impacting the overall balance of the scoring system.

If your setup is tailored to incorporate different point values, this article provides examples for implementing weighted answers effectively.

Example: Vacation selector personality test
Imagine a test to determine a participant’s ideal vacation destination with the personalities of Paris, Vancouver, Grand Canyon, and Faro. In this scenario, we want the answers to the first question to carry more weight in the overall scoring logic compared to the remaining two questions. Therefore, we assign 2 points to each answer in the first question.

Questions

Answers

Points rewarded to personality

How would you like to spend your vacation?

Shopping

  • Paris: 2

  • Vancouver: 2

Museums

  • Paris: 2

  • Vancouver: 2

Hiking

  • Grand Canyon: 2

  • Faro: 2

  • Vancouver:2

Relaxing in the sun

  • Faro: 2

Your ideal destination would be:

Tried and true, a popular destination

  • Paris: 1

  • Grand Canyon: 1

Off the beaten track, less touristy

  • Faro: 1

  • Vancouver: 1

I'd prefer my destination to be

In North America

  • Vancouver 1

  • Grand Canyon: 1

In Europe

  • Paris: 1

  • Faro: 1

Either is fine with me

No points awarded

If the player answers:

  1. Hiking

  2. Off the beaten track, less touristy

  3. In Europe

The points will be assigned as follows:
Hiking awards 2 points to Grand Canyon, 2 points to Faro, and 2 points to Vancouver
Off the beaten track awards 1 point to Faro and 1 point to Vancouver
In Europe: awards 1 point to Paris and 1 point to Faro

And thereby the personality with the most points will be "Faro"

Questions

Answers

Points rewarded to personality

How would you like to spend your vacation?

Shopping

  • Paris: 2

  • Vancouver: 2

Museums

  • Paris: 2

  • Vancouver: 2

Hiking

  • Grand Canyon: 2

  • Faro: 2

  • Vancouver:2

Relaxing in the sun

  • Faro: 2

Your ideal destination would be:

Tried and true, a popular destination

  • Paris: 1

  • Grand Canyon: 1

Off the beaten track, less touristy

  • Faro: 1

  • Vancouver: 1

I'd prefer my destination to be

In North America

  • Vancouver: 1

  • Grand Canyon: 1

In Europe

  • Paris: 1

  • Faro: 1

Either is fine with me

No points awarded


You can also assign negative points if you want an answer to reduce the score for certain personalities. Consider the same personality test as before, but in this scenario, we assign negative points to some personalities while awarding positive points to others, e.g. answering shopping will result in 1 point for Paris and Vancouver but deducting 1 point for Grand Canyon.

Questions

Answers

Points rewarded to personality

How would you like to spend your vacation?

Shopping

  • Paris: 1

  • Vancouver: 1

  • Grand Canyon: -1

Museums

  • Paris: 1

  • Vancouver: 1

Hiking

  • Grand Canyon: 1

  • Faro: 1

  • Paris: -1

Relaxing in the sun

  • Faro: 1

Your ideal destination would be:

Tried and true, a popular destination

  • Paris: 1

  • Grand Canyon: 1

Off the beaten track, less touristy

  • Faro: 1

  • Vancouver: 1

I'd prefer my destination to be

In North America

  • Vancouver: 1

  • Grand Canyon: 1

In Europe

  • Paris: 1

  • Faro: 1

  • Grand Canyon: -1

  • Vancouver: -1

Either is fine with me

No points awarded

If the player answers:

  1. Shopping

  2. Tried and true, a popular destination

  3. In Europe

The points will be assigned as follows:
Shopping awards 1 point to Paris, 1 point to Vancouver, and subtract 1 point from Grand Canyon.
Tried and True awards 1 point to Paris and 1 point to Grand Canyon
In Europe, awards 1 point to Paris and 1 point to Faro, and subtracts 1 point from Grand Canyon and Vancouver.

And thereby the personality with the most points will be "Paris"

Questions

Answers

Points rewarded to personality

How would you like to spend your vacation?

Shopping

  • Paris: 1

  • Vancouver: 1

  • Grand Canyon: -1

Museums

  • Paris: 1

  • Vancouver: 1

Hiking

  • Grand Canyon: 1

  • Faro: 1

  • Paris: -1

Relaxing in the sun

  • Faro: 1

Your ideal destination would be:

Tried and true, a popular destination

  • Paris: 1

  • Grand Canyon: 1

Off the beaten track, less touristy

  • Faro: 1

  • Vancouver: 1

I'd prefer my destination to be

In North America

  • Vancouver: 1

  • Grand Canyon: 1

In Europe

  • Paris: 1

  • Faro: 1

  • Grand Canyon: -1

  • Vancouver: -1

Either is fine with me

No points awarded

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