HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How What Is My Decision-Making Style? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
This test is based on research on how people make decisions. Researchers describe several styles, including rational, intuitive, dependent, avoidant, and spontaneous (Scott and Bruce, 1995), and a split between careful and gut-based thinking (Epstein, 1996). Studies suggest that intuition can be very good in areas of real experience (Dane and Pratt, 2007), that asking for advice often helps (Brooks and others, 2015), and that trying to find the single best option can lower satisfaction (Schwartz and others, 2002). The style names in this test are our own.
Part 1 has 20 sentences, four for each style. Each one gives 0 to 4 points to its style. Part 2 has 20 pairs of choices. Every style is paired with every other style twice, and the choice you pick gives 3.1 points to its style. Every style can earn the same total, so the scores compare fairly.
Each style score runs from 0 to 100. Your main style is your highest score. Most people use more than one style, so look at all five.
PersonalitySite.com wrote all of these questions and descriptions. They are not copied from any other test.
What it cannot tell you
This test is for learning about yourself. It is not a diagnosis. Do not use it to hire, fire, or judge people.
Your style changes with the choice. You may weigh things out for money and go with your gut for dinner. Think about the kind of choices you had in mind when you answered.
If two styles are very close, you may use both about equally. This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.