Economic Left/Right: -2.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00
Note, however, that I answered many, many of the questions on semantic grounds. I doubt I was answering the question they meant to ask. When you say 'sometimes', that means 'sometimes' and not often, for example. I find that, depending on how literal I am feeling that day, my score varies alot on these tests. =)
They admit to this:
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Some of the propositions are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger buzzwords in the mind of the user, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy.
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Which makes me wonder, am I supposed to respond to the emotional buzzwords, or what they actually said?
The second problem with this scale is that it was developed (or promoted) by Libertarians. To actually sort people into areas, they should first ask questions, then look for co-relations to generate dimensions, then name the dimensions. It looks like they started with the dimensions, and generated the questions -- odds are, they didn't even do co-relatory work to determine the weight of each question.
However, I can't tell, because they don't release their scoring methodology.