US Government and Politics



Name _______________________________

Web Quest on Political Ideology

DUE DATE: Monday 3/5

Objective: Explicitly assess ideology quizzes and draw conclusions about test quality/bias

Assignment: Please TYPE your responses in full sentences. Go to each of the web sites below. Complete each ideology quiz and record your results. Try to identify examples of potential bias or poor questions for each website. You may find that some of these websites seem to be more biased than others. In order to find bias, you can look at their home page and “About” sections to learn more about the organization. You could do a quick Google search to see what people say about the organization (Does it seem to be well-respected or do people criticize it?). You could also give examples of questions which you believe were written with a bias, in order to lead people to answer the question in a certain way.

Directions and Questions:

Web site # 1: Go to . Click on “Take the Quiz”

1. How did the quiz label you? Record your result by summarizing the description that it matched you up with.

2. Do you agree with this description of yourself? Explain:

3. Go back to the first web page, and click on “Read the Report”. Skim only the “Overview” section of the report to gain a quick understanding of the different types of groups that they have identified. (No need to write anything for this item #.)

4. Do you think this website is biased toward liberals or conservatives or 3rd parties? Explain your thoughts.

Web site # 2: Go to . Click on “2012 Presidential VoteMatch Quiz”, then when they ask you to “Select the set of Candidates” click on “2012 Presidential Speculation” and answer the questions.

1. Who were the top 3 political candidates that the quiz matched you up with?

2. Were you surprised by any of your top 3 candidates, or did this make sense to you? Explain:

3. Do you think this website is biased toward liberals or conservatives or 3rd parties? Explain your thoughts.

Web site # 3: Go to

1. How did the quiz label you? Record your result by summarizing the description that it matched you up with.

2. Do you agree with this description of yourself? Explain:

3. Scroll down to skim the other political philosophies, which you were not matched up with. (No need to write anything for this item #.)

4. Do you think this website is biased toward liberals or conservatives or 3rd parties? Explain your thoughts.

Web site # 4: Go to

1. How did the quiz describe you?

2. Do you agree with this description of yourself? Explain:

3. Do you think this website is biased toward liberals or conservatives or 3rd parties? Explain your thoughts.

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