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Case # 13
13a ADHD [attention deficit hyperactivity disorder] male 41-50 “I test in the NA, but according to synopsis, I am closer to NPA. I was a good provider for many years, worked independently with clients for many years and my dressing style fits with NPA rather than NA”
13b Surrogate test by AMB, done in 2015 male 61-70 D. Trump, US presidential candidate.
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Diagnosis: NPA type (with ADHD)
A hint here is that according to the competition guidelines, “Each Case corresponds to a single specific NPA type… for which the results of the NPA personality test are nearly identical.”
Indeed, the two tests (13a and 13b) are remarkably similar, exhibiting apparent NA type with low S score (16,1), high T score (56,54), low F score (24,20), high E score (92,100), high A score (89,88) and high N score (95,86).
The similarity in the test results is also displayed on the Universal coordinate plot, as well as on the plot of the correlation coefficients. [Note: the correlation coefficients and Universal plot (as well as scores S, T, F and E) are computed directly from the test questions -- independently of the test algorithm, which is a biased decision tree that tries to select only a single, most probable NPA type.]
Subject 13a believes that he is an NPA+ type, with the test giving a mistaken diagnosis of NA type. We believe that he is, indeed, correct. Although the test algorithm eliminated NPA type as the diagnosis, the correlation coefficient for NPA+ (orange bar, arrow) was a respectable 0.55 (and actually higher than for NA in the surrogate test). Unfortunately, the test algorithm didn’t know that Subject 13a had ADHD.
Subject 13a’s succinct comment shows that he takes pride in having been an independent professional consultant (perhaps a lawyer) for many years, as well as pride in having been a reliable family man (“good provider”) for many years. The comment is concordant with what one would expect from an earnest NPA+ type and does not have the chatty style often seen in the comments of N or NA types. The remark regarding dressing style is also telling: NPA+ types look in disdain at the more ostentatious, colorful wardrobes of their NA cousins.
So, although these individuals may on the surface appear to be blustery N types, or even NA types, we agree with Subject 13a, and our diagnosis for Case 13 is: NPA+ type with ADHD.
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