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⚫ | The '''World's Smallest Political Quiz''' is a ten question educational quiz, designed primarily to be more accurate than the one-dimensional "left–right" or "liberal–conservative" [[political spectrum]] by providing a two-dimensional representation. The Quiz is composed of two parts: a diagram of a political map; and a series of 10 short questions designed to help viewers quickly score themselves and others on that map. |
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⚫ | The 10 questions are divided into two groups, economic and personal, of five questions each. The answers to the questions can be Agree, Maybe or Disagree. Twenty points are given for an Agree, ten points for a Maybe, and zero for Disagree. The scores are added for each group and can be zero to one hundred. These two numbers are then plotted on the diamond-shaped chart and the result displays the political group that agrees most with the quiz taker. The map consists of two dimensions: Progressive – Moderate – Conservative and Libertarian – Moderate – Authoritarian. Those who score 100 are plotted in the top as Libertarian, those scoring a 0 are plotted on the bottom as Authoritarian, those who score 100 at personal, and 0 at economic are placed as Progressive to the left, and vice versa if someone scores 0 at personal and 100 at economic they are placed at the right as conservative. A score of 50 of both places the quiz-taker in the middle as Moderate. The edges for Moderate goes at between 35 and 65 on each scale. |
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The '''World's Smallest Political Quiz'''{{ref|quiz}} is a 10-question quiz designed as an outreach and educational tool by the [[Advocates for Self-Government]], created by [[Marshall Fritz]]. It places the quiz-taker into one of five categories: [[Libertarian]], [[Left-wing|Left]]-[[Liberal]], [[Centrist]], [[Right-wing|Right]]-[[Conservative]], or [[Statist]]. |
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The quiz was designed primarily for an American audience designed by the [[non-partisan]] [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] organization Advocates for Self Government and published on a web page of that organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz |title=World's Smallest Political Quiz |publisher=Theadvocates.org |access-date=2009-10-11}}</ref> The quiz was created by Marshall Fritz, and associates the quiz-taker with one of five categories: libertarian, [[left-liberal]], [[centrist]], [[right-conservative]], or [[Statism|statist]]. |
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{{Scoring}} |
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[[File:NolanwithNolanChart1996.jpg|thumb|175px|David Nolan in 1996 with a version of the Nolan Chart distributed by Advocates for Self-Government.]] |
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⚫ | The 10 questions are divided into two groups, |
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⚫ | The chart associated with the Quiz is based on the [[Nolan Chart]] devised during 1969 by libertarian political scientist [[David Nolan (politician)|David Nolan]]. Nolan reasoned that virtually all human political action can be divided into two general categories: economic and personal. In order to express visually this insight, Nolan developed a two axis graph. One axis was for [[economic freedom]], and the other was for personal freedom. |
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Nolan introduced his chart |
Nolan introduced his chart by an article entitled "Classifying and Analyzing Politico-Economic Systems" published in the January 1971 issue of ''The Individualist'', a libertarian newsletter. |
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In 1985, Marshall Fritz founded the Advocates for Self Government. Part of the Advocates' mission was to explain libertarian ideas to the public. Fritz found that Nolan's chart was a great help with explaining how libertarianism was distinct from [[conservatism]] and [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberalism]]. He created the Quiz in 1987, and it was the first political Quiz posted on the [[Internet]].<ref name=Quiz>{{cite web |url=https://www.theadvocates.org/quiz/about-the-quiz |title=About the Quiz |access-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref> |
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The first form the Quiz took was as a business card, with the ten questions printed on it along with the chart. As of August 2004, over 7 million Quizzes had been printed. The Quiz, then, is a combination of two elements: Nolan's chart, and Fritz's idea of ten short questions to |
The first form the Quiz took was as a business card, with the ten questions printed on it along with the chart. As of August 2004, over 7 million Quizzes had been printed. The Quiz, then, is a combination of two elements: Nolan's chart, and Fritz's idea of ten short questions to help a person find their associated place on that graph. |
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The quiz has also been |
The quiz has also been represented in other forms: reprinted in newspapers, used in classrooms, and recommended by leading high school and college textbooks.<ref name=Quiz /> During 1993, Brian Towey, with the help of his wife Ingrid, produced a full-color, instant-scoring computer Quiz on disk, for the DOS and Windows operating systems. Programmer Jon Kalb created an equally advanced version for Macintosh computers. [[Toby Nixon]] created an ASCII text copy of the Quiz in the era prior to the World Wide Web, and this version was circulated in newsgroups, computer networks, bulletin boards, and on software.<ref>[http://server.theadvocates.org/celebrities/toby-nixon.html Advocates for Self-Government – Libertarian Education<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728091416/http://www.server.theadvocates.org/celebrities/toby-nixon.html |date=2011-07-28 }}</ref> During 1995, Paul Schmidt created the Advocates' website, with the current interactive version of the World's Smallest Political Quiz. |
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As of November 1, 2013, the online World's Smallest Political Quiz has been taken 20 million times since it was first put on the Web in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8f8d44f1fc10bd074f648a4de&id=a72cb6e567|title=Liberator Online: Quiz taken 20 MILLION times!}}</ref> |
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==Who is using the Quiz== |
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== Modifications to questions == |
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The quiz has been used in 420 schools in the [[United States]] as a way for instructors to give their students the opportunity to find out where they lean politically.{{ref|schools}} Also, at least a dozen textbooks feature the Quiz as part of their enhanced digital content. {{ref|textbooks}} |
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Six of the ten questions were substantially revised, or replaced entirely, in 2004. |
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; Former questions that were removed:<ref>{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040402111349/http://www.theadvocates.org:80/quiz.html |date=2004-04-02}}</ref> |
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The Quiz is used in other countries, and has been translated into several languages, including Japanese, Spanish, French, Croatian, and Russian. |
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* Let peaceful people cross borders freely. |
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* Minimum wage laws cause unemployment. Repeal them. |
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* All foreign aid should be privately funded. |
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; New questions that were added:<ref>{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040609090059/http://www.theadvocates.org:80/quiz.html |date=2004-06-09 }}</ref> |
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==Quotations {{ref|quotes}}== |
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* There should be no National ID card. |
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"The Quiz has gained respect as a valid measure of a person's political leanings." -- The Washington Post, June 17, 2001 |
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* Let people control their own retirement; privatize Social Security. |
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* Replace government welfare with private charity. |
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; Revised questions: |
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"The World's Smallest Political Quiz is proving a revelation in Britain and America. For many it has exposed their true political leanings for the first time." -- Abul Taher, The Sunday Times of London, (UK), October 24, 2004 |
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* People are better off with free trade than with tariffs. → End government barriers to international free trade. |
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* End taxes. Pay for services with user fees. → Cut taxes and government spending by 50% or more. |
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* Businesses and farms should operate without government subsidies. → End "corporate welfare." No government handouts to business. |
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== Uses == |
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"The World's Smallest Political Quiz stands ready to help you determine your political identity. Quick and relatively painless." -- USA Today, September 5, 2001 |
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⚫ | On August 23, 2000, Portrait of America conducted a national telephone survey of 822 likely voters. Using the same questions and scale, the survey found 32% of American voters are centrists; 16% are libertarians; 14% are authoritarians; 13% liberal; 7% are conservative; and, 17% border one or more categories. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://server.theadvocates.org/library/poll-results.html |title=Poll Results: Libertarian Litmus Test – Are You Libertarian? |publisher=Theadvocates.org |access-date=2009-10-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827013141/http://server.theadvocates.org/library/poll-results.html |archive-date=2011-08-27 }}</ref> |
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According to e-mails collected by the quiz's advocates, it has been used in 420 schools in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://server.theadvocates.org/quiz-in-class.html |title=World's Smallest Political Quiz Used in Over 420 Schools |publisher=Theadvocates.org |access-date=2009-10-11}}</ref> The online content associated with several textbooks is also claimed to feature the Quiz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://server.theadvocates.org/quiz-in-textbooks.html |title=Quiz used in e-learning materials for high school, college textbooks |publisher=Theadvocates.org |access-date=2009-10-11}}</ref> |
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==Criticism== |
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Critics say the quiz can trick respondents who are not actually libertarian into thinking they are. The questions are phrased in such a way as to encourage an "agree" response, and a quiz with all "agree" responses results in being placed at the height of the libertarian corner.{{ref|upright}} In addition, each "agree" answer correlates to a 20% increase in corresponding score along either the personal axis or the economic axis, where a 100% score on both axes corresponds to the libertarian viewpoint. |
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The questions also seem to appeal to youth and frequent Internet users, focusing on topics they tend to feel strongly about (and will often give a "yes" response to in the context of the quiz). |
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It has also been criticized because it doesn't include any questions about [[foreign policy]] or [[war]], other than asking about the [[Conscription|draft]]. Yet foreign policy and war issues have been fundamental to many election victories in democratic countries, probably far more often than the "social issues".{{cn}} |
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Additionally, the quiz prides itself on being "The World's Smallest". However, its brief nature means that only certain issues can be covered, whereas it can take a whole breadth of issues to determine one's political standing with accuracy. |
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[[Category:Libertarian publications]] |
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#{{note|quiz}} [http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html World's Smallest Political Quiz] |
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#{{note|poll}} [http://www.theadvocates.org/library/poll-results.html Poll Results: Libertarian Litmus Test - Are You Libertarian?] |
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#{{note|schools}} [http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-in-class.html World's Smallest Political Quiz Used in Over 420 Schools] |
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#{{note|textbooks}} [http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-in-textbooks.html Quiz used in e-learning materials for high school, college textbooks] |
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#{{note|quotes}} [http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-quotes.html Quotes About the Quiz] |
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#{{note|upright}} [http://world.std.com/~mhuben/rupright.html The World's Smallest Political Hook] (criticism) |
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Latest revision as of 11:30, 31 October 2023
The World's Smallest Political Quiz is a ten question educational quiz, designed primarily to be more accurate than the one-dimensional "left–right" or "liberal–conservative" political spectrum by providing a two-dimensional representation. The Quiz is composed of two parts: a diagram of a political map; and a series of 10 short questions designed to help viewers quickly score themselves and others on that map.
The 10 questions are divided into two groups, economic and personal, of five questions each. The answers to the questions can be Agree, Maybe or Disagree. Twenty points are given for an Agree, ten points for a Maybe, and zero for Disagree. The scores are added for each group and can be zero to one hundred. These two numbers are then plotted on the diamond-shaped chart and the result displays the political group that agrees most with the quiz taker. The map consists of two dimensions: Progressive – Moderate – Conservative and Libertarian – Moderate – Authoritarian. Those who score 100 are plotted in the top as Libertarian, those scoring a 0 are plotted on the bottom as Authoritarian, those who score 100 at personal, and 0 at economic are placed as Progressive to the left, and vice versa if someone scores 0 at personal and 100 at economic they are placed at the right as conservative. A score of 50 of both places the quiz-taker in the middle as Moderate. The edges for Moderate goes at between 35 and 65 on each scale.
The quiz was designed primarily for an American audience designed by the non-partisan libertarian organization Advocates for Self Government and published on a web page of that organization.[1] The quiz was created by Marshall Fritz, and associates the quiz-taker with one of five categories: libertarian, left-liberal, centrist, right-conservative, or statist.
History
The chart associated with the Quiz is based on the Nolan Chart devised during 1969 by libertarian political scientist David Nolan. Nolan reasoned that virtually all human political action can be divided into two general categories: economic and personal. In order to express visually this insight, Nolan developed a two axis graph. One axis was for economic freedom, and the other was for personal freedom.
Nolan introduced his chart by an article entitled "Classifying and Analyzing Politico-Economic Systems" published in the January 1971 issue of The Individualist, a libertarian newsletter.
In 1985, Marshall Fritz founded the Advocates for Self Government. Part of the Advocates' mission was to explain libertarian ideas to the public. Fritz found that Nolan's chart was a great help with explaining how libertarianism was distinct from conservatism and liberalism. He created the Quiz in 1987, and it was the first political Quiz posted on the Internet.[2]
The first form the Quiz took was as a business card, with the ten questions printed on it along with the chart. As of August 2004, over 7 million Quizzes had been printed. The Quiz, then, is a combination of two elements: Nolan's chart, and Fritz's idea of ten short questions to help a person find their associated place on that graph.
The quiz has also been represented in other forms: reprinted in newspapers, used in classrooms, and recommended by leading high school and college textbooks.[2] During 1993, Brian Towey, with the help of his wife Ingrid, produced a full-color, instant-scoring computer Quiz on disk, for the DOS and Windows operating systems. Programmer Jon Kalb created an equally advanced version for Macintosh computers. Toby Nixon created an ASCII text copy of the Quiz in the era prior to the World Wide Web, and this version was circulated in newsgroups, computer networks, bulletin boards, and on software.[3] During 1995, Paul Schmidt created the Advocates' website, with the current interactive version of the World's Smallest Political Quiz.
As of November 1, 2013, the online World's Smallest Political Quiz has been taken 20 million times since it was first put on the Web in 1995.[4]
Modifications to questions
Six of the ten questions were substantially revised, or replaced entirely, in 2004.
- Former questions that were removed
- [5]
- Let peaceful people cross borders freely.
- Minimum wage laws cause unemployment. Repeal them.
- All foreign aid should be privately funded.
- New questions that were added
- [6]
- There should be no National ID card.
- Let people control their own retirement; privatize Social Security.
- Replace government welfare with private charity.
- Revised questions
- People are better off with free trade than with tariffs. → End government barriers to international free trade.
- End taxes. Pay for services with user fees. → Cut taxes and government spending by 50% or more.
- Businesses and farms should operate without government subsidies. → End "corporate welfare." No government handouts to business.
Uses
On August 23, 2000, Portrait of America conducted a national telephone survey of 822 likely voters. Using the same questions and scale, the survey found 32% of American voters are centrists; 16% are libertarians; 14% are authoritarians; 13% liberal; 7% are conservative; and, 17% border one or more categories. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.[7]
According to e-mails collected by the quiz's advocates, it has been used in 420 schools in the United States.[8] The online content associated with several textbooks is also claimed to feature the Quiz.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "World's Smallest Political Quiz". Theadvocates.org. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ a b "About the Quiz". Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ Advocates for Self-Government – Libertarian Education Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Liberator Online: Quiz taken 20 MILLION times!".
- ^ Archived 2004-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Archived 2004-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Poll Results: Libertarian Litmus Test – Are You Libertarian?". Theadvocates.org. Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ "World's Smallest Political Quiz Used in Over 420 Schools". Theadvocates.org. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ "Quiz used in e-learning materials for high school, college textbooks". Theadvocates.org. Retrieved 2009-10-11.