Harry Potter Personality Quiz

[cubfanbudwoman]

CMC:
> Hmmm...I took another online HP personality test a couple of years 
> ago where I came out as Dumbledore - via this knock-off of 
> Myers/Briggs (an inacurrate and discredited instrument, in my 
> professional opinion), I came out as Lord Voldemort. 


SSS:
I'm with you in saying this is rather an inaccurate knock-off of M-B, 
Caius.  I mean, take a look at these questions, for instance.


7. You are more likely to trust...
     your own intuition
     past experience

Erm... would "past experience" refer to one's OWN past experience or 
the collective past experiences of others?  So poorly phrased as to 
make the question invalid.


9. Which do you value more in yourself?
     logic
     sympathy

16. You'd rather be...
     overly-analytical
     overly-emotional

There are MUCH subtler ways of getting at these issues than flat-
out "choose one!" questions like these.  For instance, I'd much 
rather be overly analytical than OVERLY emotional, but it doesn't 
mean I disapprove of my emotional attributes.  

I think this test attempted to get at info in such a brief 
questionnaire that the results may be awfully skewed.  

Don't get me wrong, folks, I think these things are lots of fun as a 
rule!  But why not make it a better instrument so that the results 
aren't SHOCKS to those of us who've messed w/ M-B in the past? :-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan, who knows she's really more like McGonagall 
than Snape