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  • elena@monmouth.com
    #1

    Analytical or Intuitive?

    I have a test online that measures cognitive style. It determines
    whether the participant has an intuitive or analytical learning style.
    It takes about 5 minutes.

    It's here: http://www.elena.com

    I'm a long-time software engineer who's thinking about changing
    careers, hence the psychology course. I ended up wanting to study
    people like me (not surprising I guess).

    I know the sample will be non-probabilistic. So this will be a
    quasi-experiment.

    Elena

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    • Eric Sosman
      #2
      Re: Analytical or Intuitive?

      elena@monmouth. com wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > I have a test online that measures cognitive style. [...][/color]

      It measures no such thing. It measures nothing at all.
      I can refute any proof you might offer that it measures what
      you claim; I can thus show that the probability you are self-
      deluded exceeds 96.3% (and if you'll give me time, I can tack
      on another decimal place).

      Any more questions? ;-)

      --
      Eric Sosman
      esosman@acm-dot-org.invalid

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        • Guillaume
          #3
          Re: Analytical or Intuitive?

          elena@monmouth. com wrote:[color=blue]
          > I have a test online that measures cognitive style. It determines
          > whether the participant has an intuitive or analytical learning style.
          > It takes about 5 minutes.[/color]

          I got 53.
          ;-)

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            • karthik.naig@gmail.com
              #4
              Re: Analytical or Intuitive?

              Eric Sosman wrote:[color=blue]
              > elena@monmouth. com wrote:
              >[color=green]
              > > I have a test online that measures cognitive style. [...][/color]
              >
              > It measures no such thing. It measures nothing at all.
              > I can refute any proof you might offer that it measures what
              > you claim; I can thus show that the probability you are self-
              > deluded exceeds 96.3% (and if you'll give me time, I can tack
              > on another decimal place).
              >
              > Any more questions? ;-)
              >
              > --
              > Eric Sosman
              > esosman@acm-dot-org.invalid[/color]

              Hi Elena,

              That's a wonderful name. Which country are you from? Before I comment
              on your project, I wish you the best of luck in your new career.

              As for your project, I kinda agree with Eric here. Your test measures
              impulse versus methodicity (if there is such a word). Not intuition.

              Intuition is not impulse, not instinct, not belief and definitely not
              the absence of thought. Intuition is an extremely rare quality amongst
              us humans. It is possible that all humans exhibit intuition, but if
              that is the case, then it is to a very small degree.

              Unlike instinct, which can be wrong at times, unlike impulse, which
              is a hasty decision, unlike belief, which is something you have
              conditioned your mind to, and unlike irrationality, which is plain
              absence of reason, intuition is the highest form of knowledge - you
              just know something. Period.

              Intuition is always right. Every single time.For eg. it is said that
              animals can forecast the occurances of natural disasters. During the
              recent Tsunami in my country, apparently all the dogs and the tribals
              ran towards the dense jungles and hilltops in the Andaman and Nicobar
              Islands and escaped unscathed. That is intuition.

              When Einstein was working on his theory of relativity, he had reached
              a stumbling block. Apparently he had to decide between accepting
              Maxwell's Electromagnetic Wave theory or Max Planck's Quantum theory to
              explain the nature of light. He chose the quantum theory. The rest, as
              they say, is history. That was intuition.

              All those who shun analysis and give in to impulse do not necessarily
              become highly intuitive thinkers. Similarly, all lovers of order are
              not necessarily incapable of intuition.

              The survey you have used to gather data is a very dangerous method of
              going abt things. Hope you will not start your new career on a wrong
              note.

              Hope this helps.

              Best regards and wishing you all the very best in your new career,
              Karthik.

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                • Kevin D. Quitt
                  #5
                  Re: Analytical or Intuitive?

                  On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 21:53:50 -0400, Eric Sosman
                  <esosman@acm-dot-org.invalid> wrote:[color=blue]
                  >deluded exceeds 96.3% (and if you'll give me time, I can tack
                  >on another decimal place).[/color]

                  Ooh! Ooh!


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                    • Keith Thompson
                      #6
                      Re: Analytical or Intuitive?

                      "karthik.naig@g mail.com" <karthik.naig@g mail.com> writes:[color=blue]
                      > Eric Sosman wrote:[color=green]
                      >> elena@monmouth. com wrote:
                      >>[color=darkred]
                      >> > I have a test online that measures cognitive style. [...][/color]
                      >>
                      >> It measures no such thing. It measures nothing at all.[/color][/color]
                      [snip][color=blue]
                      > Hi Elena,[/color]
                      [large snip]

                      What was your question about the C programming language?

                      --
                      Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
                      San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
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