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I strongly suggest either changing the question to reflect a test of openmindedness, or removing it entirely. - [[User:JamesCA|JamesCA]] 09:43, 1 February 2012 (EST)
I strongly suggest either changing the question to reflect a test of openmindedness, or removing it entirely. - [[User:JamesCA|JamesCA]] 09:43, 1 February 2012 (EST)
== Does this test measure open-mindedness? ==
This questionnaire appears geared towards making "liberals" fail it rather than establishing relative levels of open-mindedness. Consider the first question,
"Do you resist admitting the possibility that a conservative approach to education is far more effective for students than a liberal one?"
Equally, you could pose the question
"Do you resist admitting the possibility that a ''liberal'' approach to education is far more effective for students than a ''conservative'' one?"
and in both cases say that a 'yes' means closed-mindedness and an 'no' means open-mindedness.
If you had a set of questions like that second one (e.g. "Do you think it is impossible that increased gun ownership ''increases'' the rate of crime?" instead of decreases, "Do you think that it is impossible that the Shroud of Turin is ''fake''?" instead of authentic) you would have a questionnaire that does not find conservatives to be open-minded, but the reverse, that conservatives are closed-minded. --[[User:Thal|Thal]] 11:21, 17 June 2012 (EDT)