Because the website is Christian, you may have rejected this as biased at the outset. However, this IS exactly the information you are looking for. I've spent two days trying to locate the dissertation (I think I found it at the University of Flordia library) so I could bring that to the table, and then realized I was looking for the work of Shyers instead of Smedley...
Anywhoo...the Vineland is a test I am well familiar with. It is administered by parent interview/direct observation and looks at four areas of development: fine/gross motor, language, social, and self-help. Questions include: "Does the child respond to his name...tie his shoes...ride a bike...make eye contact...speak four word sentences..." and the responses are "Always, Frequently, Often, Rarely, Never." It is a tool used to screen for developmental disabilities such as autism. My son has taken it four times.
It is unlikely that results could be skewed to read "more sociable" or "less sociable" (believe me...I've tried). Especially with more than one person administering the tests and contributing to the answers. The focus of the test is social skills and seeing how they've developed in comparison to other areas of development...so this is exactly the kind of test results we've been seeking. Regardless of the religious affliation of the website owner or Thomas Smedley, the results are unbiased and I propose these results be accepted as valid.
I just did a search for Radford University
About RU
It's a
public college, rated in the top 25 Master's Programs in the South by U.S.News and World Report. IF Mr. Smedley is a Christian, I suspect it would have no bearing at RU. Again, validates the findings (IMO).
:rofl I just found this article which appears to be written by our Mr. Smedley...he appears to be an angry Libertarian, but "God" did not appear once in his article. :rofl
The Libertarian Home Schooler, Thomas C. Smedley
What a riot!
So, I make a motion these (impartial) results be accepted. :smile: