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Hi all,
I posted this earlier, then found I'd left it in an odd place, so I thought I'd try it again here, where I guess it belongs - sorry folks:

I seem to be missing something probably very obvious! Many on here show letters and scores, figures usually against the letters AQ, AS, & NT. What do these signify? Are they something to do with the 'quiz' I did early on when I arrived here? If so, how do I extract my scores from those results?

A nice simple explanation would be very welcome! Thank you!

They mean, respectively, Autism Quotient, Asperger's Syndrome and Neurotypical. The Autism Quotient is based on Baron-Cohen's AQ test, which you can probably find online. AS is, well, obvious, and Neurotypical is what one might call a "normal" person without any ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) or just any mental "disorder".

Thank you for that. What about EQ and SQ, please?

Emotional Quotient and Systemizing Quotient - a low EQ and high SQ is another trait of ASDs.

You can read about EQ and SQ and take the tests here.

OK then....
Barron-Cohen I average score 44 (up to 46 when tired or under stress)
My SQ test outcome is 108
My EQ test outcome is 11
My 'Aspie Score' on the other test was 175 out of 200

Am I expressing these right? What do they tell you experts about my 'Aspieness'?

Does this mean.... I'm not a nice Vicar?

For those who know the tests that's okay. I personally prefer to say how much the maximum scores are. For the Aspie Quiz I also report the NT score because that doesn't follow logically from the Aspie score.

I'm pretty sure you score above (or below) the cutoff point for autism on all of the tests you cite here, but that doesn't necessarily mean you have Asperger's. These tests are interesting and useful and tend to be good predictors, but they're not 100% accurate.

None of these tests are diagnostic. I would love to see statistics done on a sufficiently large population to see how scores line up in general - like, any one of those tests can tell you at best that there's a somewhat greater likelihood that you're on the spectrum. But I do wonder how much closer to certainty that gets with each additional ASD-consistent score. I can't imagine it ever approaches 100% certainty, but it does make me wonder.

Still, if you scored like that on all those tests, what do you think? It doesn't mean you're an Aspie necessarily, but it does mean there's a greater chance that you are. Do you think that fits?

Thank you for this helpful feedback: I do appreciate your help with this. FWIW, I've no doubt of my Aspie-ness, which has been professionally diagnosed. I understand the point. If the SQ score is out of 80, how have I reached a result of 108, please? Must be having an extreme day....