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profile<\/a><a href=\"#scoring\">Scoring and adaptation<\/a><a href=\"#interpretation\">What the results mean<\/a><a href=\"#citation\">Version and citation<\/a><\/nav><\/aside>\n<article class=\"way-body\" id=\"way-main\">\n<nav class=\"way-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peopletest.net\/en\/\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/peopletest.net\/en\/work\/\">Tools<\/a> \/ WAY questionnaire<\/nav>\n<p class=\"way-eyebrow\">Instrument description<\/p><h1>WAY questionnaire<\/h1><p class=\"way-subtitle\">Adaptive personality assessment at the level of behavioural descriptions<\/p>\n<p class=\"way-intro\">WAY examines how characteristic different behavioural descriptions are of a respondent relative to one another. Rankings of groups of four descriptions are combined into a personal profile that retains the estimated position of all 140 statements. Interpretation starts from this detailed profile.<\/p><p class=\"way-facts\">140 behavioural statements \u00b7 Four-item rankings \u00b7 Adaptive administration<\/p>\n<div class=\"way-actions\"><a class=\"way-button\" href=\"https:\/\/peopletest.net\/en\/way\/\">Try WAY<\/a><a class=\"way-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/peopletest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BitCompDemoUser.pdf\">Sample narrative report<\/a><\/div>\n<section id=\"overview\"><h2>What distinguishes WAY?<\/h2><p>Conventional personality questionnaires combine responses to several statements into scores on predefined scales. WAY\u2019s primary output is the relative position of each behavioural statement, together with uncertainty about that estimate. Individual differences between statements can therefore be examined before they are summarised. A narrative description or interview guide can subsequently be derived from the profile for a particular purpose.<\/p><\/section>\n<section id=\"administration\"><h2>How you complete WAY<\/h2><p>Each screen presents four statements. The respondent chooses the most self-descriptive statement, then the most self-descriptive of those remaining. This continues until all four are ranked. There are no right or wrong answers: the task concerns typical behaviour.<\/p><div class=\"way-procedure\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"way-screen\" src=\"https:\/\/peopletest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/way-administration-en.png\" width=\"602\" height=\"384\" alt=\"The WAY English interface shows four statements and instructs the respondent to select the most typical statement repeatedly. The statements concern staying calm under pressure, trusting teammates, financial recognition and caring about others.\"><figcaption>Original screenshot of the English administration interface. Selected statements disappear in sequence; the order of selection determines the ranking.<\/figcaption><\/figure><ol class=\"way-steps\"><li><strong>Read four descriptions<\/strong>Consider how characteristic each statement is of your usual behaviour.<\/li><li><strong>Choose the most typical<\/strong>Select the statement that describes you best.<\/li><li><strong>Rank the remaining descriptions<\/strong>Repeat the choice among the statements that remain.<\/li><li><strong>Continue to the next group<\/strong>The answers given so far help determine the next four statements.<\/li><\/ol><\/div><p class=\"way-note\">One administration of the 140-statement version described here contains 70 groups of four; every statement appears at least once. The 70 screens do not represent 70 different statements: groups are drawn from the item pool, and statements may appear more than once.<\/p><\/section>\n<section id=\"workflow\"><h2>From answers to a personal profile<\/h2><p>A complete four-item ranking determines six pairwise comparisons. Rankings across groups jointly inform the estimated position of each statement within the respondent\u2019s profile. PPO (Probabilistic Preference Ordering) describes this person-specific ordering and the uncertainty of the estimates.<\/p><figure><div class=\"way-figure-scroll\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Open the workflow at full size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peopletest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/way-workflow-en.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peopletest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/way-workflow-en.png\" width=\"2280\" height=\"1560\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A four-panel workflow. A: rank four behavioural statements. B: a Plackett\u2013Luce model combines the rankings to update estimated positions and uncertainty, also using calibrated item priors. The updated profile feeds back into the selection of the next group. C: estimated positions and uncertainty for all statements form the personal profile. D: the profile can support interpretation for a particular purpose.\"><\/a><\/div><figcaption class=\"way-figure-caption\">The WAY measurement procedure: local rankings, accumulated evidence, estimation of a personal profile and purpose-specific interpretation. The feedback loop shows adaptive selection of the next group. The outputs on the right illustrate possible applications; they are not separate claims of established predictive validity. The figure also distinguishes the primary profile from subsequent interpretation.<\/figcaption><p class=\"way-mobile-hint\">On a small screen, scroll the figure horizontally or open it at full size.<\/p><a class=\"way-zoom\" href=\"https:\/\/peopletest.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/way-workflow-en.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the workflow at full size<\/a><\/figure><\/section>\n<section id=\"scoring\"><h2>Scoring and adaptation<\/h2><div class=\"way-columns\"><div><h3>Relative scores<\/h3><p>The Plackett\u2013Luce model treats a ranking as a sequence of choices: first the most self-descriptive statement, then a choice among those remaining. It combines the accumulated rankings to estimate a relative score for every statement. The implementation described here also uses calibrated prior estimates and records uncertainty alongside each score.<\/p><\/div><div><h3>Selecting the next group<\/h3><p>The system selects the next group using the answers given so far. It seeks comparisons that may provide further information about the profile. Adaptation changes the questioning procedure; by itself, it does not establish greater reliability or validity.<\/p><\/div><\/div><p class=\"way-reference\">Background on the ranking model: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00180-020-00959-3\">Turner et al. (2020), <cite>Modelling rankings in R: The PlackettLuce package<\/cite><\/a>.<\/p><\/section>\n<section id=\"interpretation\"><h2>What the results mean<\/h2><p>A higher score means the model estimates a description to be more characteristic of the respondent than descriptions with lower scores. The score is not a percentage, a performance rating or, on its own, a population percentile. The result summarises self-description; it is not direct observation of behaviour or a diagnosis.<\/p><p>The numerical profile and the AI-generated narrative report are produced in separate steps. The profile is the measurement estimate derived from answers; the narrative is an interpretation of that profile. Narrative accuracy can therefore be evaluated separately, and agreement with a report does not replace evaluation of the measurement.<\/p><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"citation\"><h2>Version and citation<\/h2><div class=\"way-citation\"><dl><dt>Author<\/dt><dd>Bal\u00e1zs Klein<\/dd><dt>Description version<\/dt><dd>1.0 \u00b7 140 statements \u00b7 70 four-item groups<\/dd><dt>Date<\/dt><dd>18 October 2026<\/dd><\/dl><h3>Suggested citation<\/h3><p class=\"way-cite-text\">Klein, B. (2026). WAY questionnaire: Instrument description (Version 1.0). 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