What is your risk literacy

[mudpuppy]

This is an academic project studying how people interpret risk, especially associated with medical and/or financial decisions, but it also gauges your ability to catch manipulation in political or other statistics. I found it pretty interesting. Find the test and more information at http://www.riskliteracy.org/try-it/

 

[engineergurl]

Hmmm. I hate tests that only compare me to others, I want to know my score not my relative rank. That said I am smarter than a 5th grader (as well as most college graduates).

 

[Flyer_PE]

^Same here. It told me I would do better than 90% of the people taking it but I would still like to know a raw score.

What's the cut score on that test?

 

[Supe]

I got the 90% thing too, but what I find difficult is their ability to accurately gauge those results using statistics from a two question test with no knowledge of their sampling size, etc.

That said, I got a chuckle, since I suck at statistics.

 

[Dleg]

BS - that was a statistics test, not a risk awareness test. You needed pencil and paper and a firm grasp of statistical mathematics to do this.

I got the same 90% thing. I assume that means I got one wrong (I didn't feel like taking pen to paper on a monday morning).

 

[mudpuppy]

BS - that was a statistics test, not a risk awareness test. You needed pencil and paper and a firm grasp of statistical mathematics to do this.

I got the same 90% thing. I assume that means I got one wrong (I didn't feel like taking pen to paper on a monday morning).

It is a statistics test, the point of it is you can't understand risks if you don't understand the statistics behind them. For instance, many people perceive a 5% chance of dying differently than a 95% chance of surviving. We're all engineers here, so we're probably a lot better at understanding these things better than most people, but your average person may not.

 

[engineergurl]

I took 15 credits of statics classes in college... no wonder why it said I was smart

 

[goodal]

You should have warned me that it was a statistics test. I hated stats in college and still do. That said, I was in the top 1/3. Meh. 4 questions is not a very good judge of my statistical ability. Given a few more, I'm sure I would have scored lower.

 

[snickerd3]

I hate stats...thats one of those art vs science subjects. My stats prof was a guido with unbuttoned shirts and bling. Lots of viagra examples used to teach....that and baseball

 

[Master slacker]

Got the 90% score, but only from two questions.

 

[matt267 PE]

According to this, I'm a dumb-ass. All well, I'm not going to argue.

 

[MetsFan]

According to this, I'm a dumb-ass. All well, I'm not going to argue.

Ha, same here. I guess they only needed two questions to figure that out.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Two questions, and ended with the same 90% answer as above. Statistically, this didn't tell me sh*t.

 

[YMZ PE]

I no do math.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I can't say that I really enjoyed my sadistics classes.

 

[engineergurl]

Now the big question is, did any of you read what you were about to do? Or did you just trust MP and start clicking and answering questions?

 

[YMZ PE]

Now the big question is, did any of you read what you were about to do? Or did you just trust MP and start clicking and answering questions?

I read it but I didn't understand it. WTF is statistical numeracy?

 

[engineergurl]

a complicated way of saying math problems dealing with statistics

 

[Dleg]

What is the statistical power of a skills test/survey that contains only 3 questions?

 

[YMZ PE]

What is the statistical power of a skills test/survey that contains only 3 questions?

Exactly. I'm pretty sure it gives everyone a 90% score to boost their ego so they'll be more willing to enter their demographic information in the end. That's probably part of the actual research behind the test.