What does Path Five measure?
The assessment measures five broad traits on separate scales. It does not assign you a personality type.
- Openness
- Conscientiousness
- Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism
The science, in plain language
How the assessment works.
Path Five uses the public-domain 50-item IPIP version of the Big Five factor markers. It measures five broad personality traits on separate scales.
How are scores calculated?
Each trait is measured with ten statements. You respond on a scale from 1 to 5.
Some statements are scored in the opposite direction. The ten answers are combined and converted to a score from 0 to 100.
Why aren’t scores percentiles?
Path Five does not yet have a carefully matched comparison sample for people ages 13 to 24.
For now, lower, middle, and higher ranges are used to help explain your score. They are not rankings against other people.
Can results change?
Mood, culture, environment, life stage, and how you understand each question can affect your answers.
Your results are a useful place to begin reflecting on patterns you notice in yourself.
How are activities chosen?
A Big Five score does not reliably tell us which activity will improve someone’s well-being.
Path Five relies more on your goals, preferences, practical needs, and feedback when choosing what to show you next.
Source & attribution
International Personality Item Pool
Assessment statements and scoring keys follow the IPIP 50-item sample questionnaire and Goldberg’s Big-Five factor markers. IPIP items are in the public domain.
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