My Partner Test instructions, tips and hints!
When you write your My Partner test, you will be given the opportunity to ask three kinds of questions: Multiple choice, scale questions, and either/or questions. If you do not want to include a certain type of question, you may simply skip the question type.How important is this question?
When you write each question you will be asked to weight the question. That is, how important is the question to you, and how much is it worth? You have six choices. You can weight a question from "Just curious" to "Very important", or you can make a question a "Dealbreaker" question. The user will not be informed of the importance of the question during the test, so the user has no way of knowing if you're really just asking a question out of curiosity, or if it's a dealbreaker.
The more you weight a question, the more it counts towards the user's final score. The Dealbreaker option is just that, a dealbreaker, and it is weighted much more heavily than any of the other questions, so it should really only be used as a true dealbreaker question. For example, if there is no way you would ever consider going out with someone who wasn't religious, or if you could absolutely not be with someone who didn't like cats.
Multiple choice
Here you ask a question and provide two to five answers to the question. You need to provide at least two answers in order for the question to be recorded. You get to weight each answer as to how good the answer is. You can weight different answers the same way if you wish. Two questions can qualify as "Good answer" or two different answers as "not good" if you like.
Scale questions
For the scale question you can choose whether you want a 'like' scale or an 'agree' scale. Just select the appropriate radio button. Simply write the question and weight the answers.
Either/or questions
For these questions you write two subjects, and 'either' and an 'or'. You rate how good each answer is, from a great answer to an awful answer. If the answers aren't too far apart in their ratings, they won't be as big a measure. For example, if the either answer is a great score, and the or answer is a good score, then the difference is small. If one is great and the other is awful, then the difference is much more significant. If both answers have the same rating, it will make no difference which one the user chooses.
Tips on writing questions!
- A good idea is to write out your test before starting up the application. If you're not familiar with the test, try out the example test or take a test on the site before writing your own!
- Make your questions relevant to your interests. What's important to you in a mate? Music? Career? Religion? Politics? Think about what it is you want in a mate.
- Try and include a variety of topics in your test. Don't make all of your questions about music or about religion or another subject.
- When writing multiple choice and scale questions, it's a good idea not to make all the best answers the first or last questions. It's also good not to make the answer too obvious. Obviously you want to include questions you feel strongly about, but you can also include questions on other topics that may give you hints as to your compatibility. For example, if you like country music but don't necessarily love it, or if you're fine with cats but are not necessarily a crazy cat lady/crazy cat man.