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So you’ve taken the World’s Smallest Political Quiz and you want to learn more about it. You’ve come to the right place!
(If you haven’t taken the Quiz yet, a lot of what’s here won’t make much sense. You can take the Quiz – it only takes a few moments --
by clicking here.)
This FAQ answers some of the most commonly-asked questions about the Quiz, and gives a detailed look at the history and purposes of the Quiz.
The FAQ was written by James W. Harris, editor of the Advocates' magazine The Libertarian Communicator and co-editor of the Advocates’ free bi-weekly email newsletter The Liberator Online. (The Liberator Online, incidentally, is the world’s largest libertarian email newsletter. Subscriptions are FREE;
click here to subscribe.
Contributing ideas, insights, and suggestions were Advocates Founder and Quiz inventor Marshall Fritz, Advocates President Sharon Harris, Quiz Chart inventor David Nolan, Advocates Board Chairman Carole Ann Rand, writer Glen Raphael, and Advocates Internet Coordinator Paul Schmidt. Many others have contributed as well by reading, by making suggestions, and answering questions. Thanks to all!
1: Who produces the
Quiz?
2: Why the
Quiz was Created
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What is the goal of the Quiz?
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Why did the Advocates create the World’s Smallest Political Quiz?
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What is the "left-right" or "liberal-conservative" line, and what’s wrong with it?
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Speaking out against the "left-right" line
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The origins of "left" and "right"
3: How the
Quiz was created: a short history
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The two parts of the Quiz
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Centerpiece of the Quiz: David Nolan’s Chart
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Adding the questions to the chart: enter Marshall Fritz
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What’s the most important part of the Quiz: the ten questions, or the chart?
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The Quiz for computers
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The Quiz on the Internet
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The Quiz chart becomes diamond-shaped
4: Purposes
and uses of the Quiz
5: Is the
Quiz a trick? ...and other criticisms/questions about the Quiz
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Isn’t this just a trick to get people to score "libertarian" – even if they’re not libertarians at all -- so they'll think they’re libertarians and support libertarian causes?
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The number of people who've scored libertarian on your Web Quiz seems way out of proportion to what I'd expect. Isn't this an indication that the Quiz is flawed, inaccurate, or is just a trick to get people to score libertarian?
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Doesn’t the fact that the Quiz is used as an outreach tool by some libertarians mean that it isn’t objective or accurate, and therefore has no real scholarly or practical value?
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What about "Framing Bias?"
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Are these leading questions? Do they avoid the hard issues?
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The "Weed-Out" questions.
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The "Invisible Question."
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Why just 10 questions? Wouldn't more questions produce more accurate scores? Wouldn’t longer questions, with more details, be better?
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Why THOSE 10 questions and issues? Why not some other issues?
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What about foreign policy? Why isn’t there a section on this important issue in the Quiz?
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Is something wrong with your counter? I noticed the number on it, took the Quiz, and when I checked back, the number hadn't increased at all. Then later I noticed the number had jumped by a huge number. What gives?
6: Your score and
what it means
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What does my score mean?
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My score says I’m a ____________, yet I know that’s not true! I’m really a ________! So isn’t the Quiz flawed?
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Are you saying the Quiz is perfect?
7: The Quiz outside
the United States
8: The Quiz in other
formats: cards, disks
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Where can I get Quiz cards?
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How many card Quizzes have you distributed?
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How can I download a Quiz for my Computer?
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Can I buy the Quiz on disk?
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How can I download printable versions of the Quiz?
9: The Quiz in the
media
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What are some of the newspapers, magazines and books that have reprinted, discussed and/or mentioned the Quiz?
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How popular is the Quiz on the Web?
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Has the Quiz been used on radio and TV?
10: Can I use the
Quiz in my...
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I'd like to print the Quiz in my newspaper/magazine/newsletter/zine/book/other publication. What do I need to do?
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I’d like to use the Quiz in campaign literature, or outreach literature, with my name or the name of my organization printed somewhere on it. Can I do this?
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How can I create a link from my Web site to the Quiz, so visitors to my site can easily take the Quiz?
11: The Quiz in
classrooms
12: Quiz web site
numbers and explanation for the numbers
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How many people have taken the Quiz at your Web site? How do the results break down by political ideology?
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The number of people who've scored libertarian on your Web Quiz seems way out of proportion to what I'd expect. Isn't this an indication that the Quiz is flawed, inaccurate, or is just a trick to get people to score libertarian?
13: How many
Americans are libertarians?
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How many Americans are libertarians, or more libertarian than anything else?
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How many are conservatives, liberals, etc.?
14: Operation
politically homeless
15: How would
libertarians answer the Quiz questions?
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How would libertarians answer the 10 Quiz questions – and why?
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What do libertarians believe? What is libertarianism? Where can I learn more about libertarians, libertarianism and the libertarian movement?
16:
Conclusion
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