assessment

I discussed a nippy and straightforward measure of some facet of a person’s functioning, psychological make-up, emotional state, and so, on a few days ago (see I’ll have another quotient, please). In passing, I’d referred to the Adversity Quotient. I have to admit that this was a relatively new measure as far as I was [...]

If you want a quick and simple measure of some aspect of a person’s functioning, then the chances are you’ll use a quotient. A quotient is simply a number obtained by dividing one number by another number. They purport to measure the relative amount of some quality or charactersitic. They are everywhere. Perhaps the most [...]