Prism political quiz

Prism political quiz vs 12 Axes

The Prism political quiz is a separate project. This page compares it with the test on this site. It is not that quiz, it does not host those questions, and it will not show you a Prism result.

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What its own page says it does

The quiz's own page says it breaks an ideology into six dimensions: Government, Economy, Society, Religion, Security and Foreign Policy. Instead of asking you to agree or disagree, it shows several statements and asks you to pick the one that best matches your view. Each question also has an option for apathy, or for rejecting every statement.

That page also says the labels are broad, and that they are not necessarily mutually exclusive. It describes this as a limit: the result is a concise chart, not a fine-grained classification. A seeded version lets two people answer the same random set. Those sentences are the project's own description. This site has not re-scored its questions and does not add details the page does not state.

A pick-one quiz beside agree-or-disagree tests

Same kind of search, different questions on the screen. Only the last row is this website. Read the limit in the column before you treat a label as a fact about yourself.

Quiz	How you answer	What comes back	Where it lives
Prism political quiz	Pick the statement closest to your view	Six dimensions and broad labels, as its own page describes them	prismquiz.github.io
Political Compass	Agree or disagree	One dot on two axes	politicalcompass.org
8values	Agree or disagree, including neutral	Four percentages and a closest ideology	Open source, and also on this site
12 Axes test	Agree or disagree on seven steps, including neutral	Twelve scores, a compass position, closest ideology, country and figure	This website

Prism, the Political Compass and 8values are independent of this site. The description of Prism above follows its own public page and nothing further. Question counts and formulas that the page does not state are left unstated here.

How this quiz differs from the Prism political quiz

Here you do not pick one statement out of a set. You rate one statement at a time, from strongly agree to strongly disagree. A neutral answer is available. The standard length is 60 statements. There is a short version of 36 and a full version of 288. The short and standard versions draw a fresh selection from the bank, so two sittings are not guaranteed to show the same sentences.

The scores are twelve percentages, not six shared labels. Trade, immigration, religion, the military and technology can move separately. Economy and Power still become a compass position, so the familiar picture is included. Four of the scores are compared with 38 ideologies, and you see the next names on the list when the closest one is not a clean fit.

The arithmetic is published, and there is no account. If you wanted the pick-one quiz described above, use the project that writes it. If you wanted a percentage on each axis and a method you can read, stay on this site. Taking one does not require you to skip the other.

Which one to open

Prism: You want to choose among competing statements, with a way to say that none of them fit, and you want the six dimensions named on that project's page.
Compass: You want a single dot and you do not need a breakdown. That quiz is a different site, with two axes.
8values: You want the classic four values. You can take that test on this site, in the original wording, or on the original project.
12 Axes: You want twelve separate scores and the compass position that two of them already imply. The standard length is about nine minutes.

Looking for the project that publishes it

The quiz described above is published at prismquiz.github.io by its own author. This site does not host those questions, does not show that result chart, and is not affiliated with that project.

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Questions about the Prism political quiz

Is this the Prism political quiz?

No. That quiz is the project at prismquiz.github.io. This page is a comparison written by 12 Axes Test. We are not affiliated with it, and we do not host its questions.

Does that quiz match a party or a candidate?

Its public description talks about ideology dimensions and broad labels. It does not, on that page, present itself as a ballot matcher. This site does not add claims beyond that description, and our own test does not name a party either.

Why would the two results differ?

Because the questions are different. Picking one statement out of several is not the same task as rating a single statement. Six dimensions are not twelve axes. A difference in the label is not a mistake in either quiz.

Is either result accurate?

No political quiz is a validated measuring instrument. Read both, if you take both, as summaries of the answers you gave that day.

Can I take both?

Yes. They are separate quizzes. Start with the one that matches the question you have, and use the other if you want a second description. Neither one tells you how to vote.

Twelve lines. Draw yours.