skibum wrote:
I think that in all of these tests, some of the questions can be a difficult to answer accurately because of the nature of the question and how it is asked. And because you only have a set of answers to choose from, you can't elaborate and explain how you are personally affected by what the questions are asking. I recently wrote my own Autistic screening questionnaire and it has like 102 questions and even, as thorough as I tried to make it, it still can be difficult. But the difference with mine is that it allows you to answer the questions however you want. You can either say yes or no, or you can write a whole paragraph to explain if you prefer.
While non-standardized answers and comments seems like a good idea, it takes to much effort for a popular quiz that generates 1,000 answers per day. I have used comments occassionally for specific issues, along with embedded surveys, which have been valuable, but it's impossible to maintain for the standard version.
Right now I'm evaluating a lot of new questions, and so the test has 201 questions, which is a lot, but many people still answer it.