As a generalization, how accurate is the Aspie Quiz?

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That is ok, i am laughing at you too. I know that the AQ test is used for "live testing" since i did it last thursday with my psychologist. It was NEVER about the test itself, it is about who is determining the test results. That is why the test on the net only can be regarded as a HINT.

The BIG difference between "doing it yourself" and having a trained professional do it, is that the trained professinal carry experience with them - and they are not biased, unlike yourself when you do the test.

I got:
Your Aspie score: 180 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 14 of 200
You are very likely an Aspie

I think it would be more accurate if it asked questions about development during childhood and infancy.

I preferred the Aspie Quiz myself. Although I also scored in the AS section with the Baron Cohen test, I felt very unsure about my answers; I found the questions, at times, hard to interpret. They were often very general questions, and I have a particularly hard time with that. In addition, I realized that if I had taken that test when I was younger- and much less aware of myself socially- I may have answered some of the questions wrong, and possibly not scored above 32- (I was under the impression that that was the cutoff, by the way).

In contrast, I found the questions on the Aspie Quiz more straightforward and direct, and therefore easier to answer. The Aspie Quiz seemed more "internal"- i.e., how does one perceive information or react to sensory input- easy questions to answer; while the AQ is more about interpreting yourself and how others perceive you, where there is more room for error, in my opinion. I would have been happier to do the AQ as an essay test, where I could have explained my answers!

I had the feeling, when I did the tests, that the AQ was designed by a neurotypical, and that the Aspie quiz was designed by someone on the spectrum. I have NO idea if this is right, that was just the impression I had...

Of course that is the problem with any diagnosis based on DSM criteria or something similar rather than basing it on actual biometric measures.

For comparison:
161 Aspie
31 NT

On AQ test: 41

can I ask why?

According that something I read, the authors think that, for people already suspected of having AS, 26 is the best cuttof ponit; for the general public, the best point is 32.

A possible expriment that can be made: ask the people at, for example, schizoids.net what are their results

Thanks for the info; I didn´t know that. I guess that means I´m well within the "Aspie range" then, even including the answers I was not so sure about.

I've been wondering about this too. I've taken it three times, and all three times I scored within aspie range. I have a few months until my appointment though, unless someone cancels. My latest score is:
Your Aspie score: 172 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 24 of 200

I think one of the biggest problems with these tests is when they have a lot of questions along the lines of "other people tell you that you _____" and you don't interact with other people enough for them to tell you anything about yourself.

I've been to several doctors over the years. Always inconclusive. I have no idea what this means. Can anyone try to tell me?

Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 120 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 85 of 200
You seem to have both neurodiverse and neurotypical traits

Wish I could upload a photo of the graph. Have no idea how other people are posting that.

Aspie was 109, NT was 83.

The quiz is a diagnostic tool, but it is just one diagnostic tool. No professional would just give you a quiz have you fill it out and then diagnose you.

Taking an online test can give you a good idea of whether seeking out a professional evaluation is worth it. For me my suspicions of ASD were something I thought I should pursue after scoring a 39 on the AQ.

Overlapping conditions is one reason it is not so simple to diagnose based on an online test. During my autism evaluation I was given the MCMI-IV. My evaluator told me my responses clustered towards schizoid personality disorder, but based on my overall evaluation this was because of overlapping symptoms with ASD, and that I did not have schizoid personality disorder.

Mine was extremely accurate because I have very strong ND attributes.
My AQ score was 49.

In assessment I was equivalent to Level 2.

Hi, I got 131 aspie and 65 NT. I did also the AQ-test by Baron-Cohen, and got 36 points, which is almost average (for an aspie?). I've also been wondering 'bout the accuracy of these kind of tests...I think the answers may vary a lot if one does it in a happy mood or sad or bored...and if one is thinking of maybe being autistic, then he/she is already biased that way. And yes, there are many conditions that overlap with mild autism..but who can tell the difference? In my case, there just seems to be more symptoms and stuff that happened that can only be explained by aspergers. I've had many mildly traumatizing experiences in my childhood and adolescence, but after years of therapy and meds, I still have my quirks. I've read Rudy Simones' Aspergirls, and a book generally about women with ASD. It was easy to relate to many of the life experience stories. Should women have different tests, I don't know.

Assessment via another party is probably more reliable, in the same way that biographies are more reliable than autobiographies.