Online Aspergers Test

I've just done one and my result was 39. Apparently the border is 31. How accurate are these tests?

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  • Generally speaking the AQ50 (assuming that's what you did?) has a sensitivity in the range of about 85% or a bit better, in other words if 100 people with autism take it, 85 of them will score above the threshold & be "identified" by the test. Unfortunately, the AQ50 doesn't have high enough "specificity" to be taken as conclusive - in other words, if 100 people *without* autism take it, a significant number of them will also score above the threshold (see here for e.g. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../). This is why diagnosis requires a whole host of methods deployed by specifically-trained professionals.

    If you take some other *different* tests as well, you can form some better conclusions maybe - e.g. the Aspie Test (rdos.net), EQ50, RAADS-R......

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  • Generally speaking the AQ50 (assuming that's what you did?) has a sensitivity in the range of about 85% or a bit better, in other words if 100 people with autism take it, 85 of them will score above the threshold & be "identified" by the test. Unfortunately, the AQ50 doesn't have high enough "specificity" to be taken as conclusive - in other words, if 100 people *without* autism take it, a significant number of them will also score above the threshold (see here for e.g. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../). This is why diagnosis requires a whole host of methods deployed by specifically-trained professionals.

    If you take some other *different* tests as well, you can form some better conclusions maybe - e.g. the Aspie Test (rdos.net), EQ50, RAADS-R......

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