MindHits
MindHits runs 15 public-domain psychometric instruments — IPIP-50, IPIP-NEO-120, RSES, WHO-5, GAD-7, RIASEC — with published scoring keys and scoring executed entirely in the browser.
About MindHits
Overview
MindHits hosts 15 psychometric assessments — 436 items in total — built from published, largely public-domain instruments: Big Five (IPIP-50), Mini-IPIP, IPIP-NEO-120, Rosenberg Self-Esteem, WHO-5, GAD-7, Perceived Stress, Dark Triad (SD3), an O*NET-derived RIASEC career profiler, and a cognitive reflection test. Scoring runs client-side, and no account is required to start any of them.
Sourcing and Scoring Transparency
Each item set names its instrument, authors, licence, and the page the questions were drawn from. Reverse-keyed items are flipped according to the published key rather than improvised. Results expose the raw total and the achievable range — a Big Five domain, for instance, is ten five-point items spanning 10 to 50 — instead of a fabricated percentile. Where literature supplies a cut-off (the 15 on Rosenberg, the 29 on WHO-5) it is cited; where none exists, the page states that explicitly.
Privacy Architecture
Answers are scored and retained in the browser. There is no sign-up, no email capture, and no server-side record of responses. A cookieless page-view counter is the only outbound signal. The trade-off is documented: clearing site data or switching devices discards all results.
Verification and Limits
An automated suite asserts scoring, reverse keying, and skipped-question handling, and verifies that the 120-item IPIP-NEO resolves to thirty four-item facets. The platform states plainly that its wellbeing and self-esteem scales are screening questionnaires, not diagnoses, and that no normative sample exists from which to derive population rankings. Pricing and any commercial tier are not disclosed on the page.
Pros
- Every item set documents its instrument, authors, licence and source page, with the scoring key readable next to the result.
- Scoring executes entirely in the browser, so responses are never transmitted, stored on a server, or tied to an account.
- Results report raw totals alongside the possible range instead of inventing population percentiles the data cannot support.
- Progress is saved locally, allowing the 20-minute IPIP-NEO to be completed across several separate sittings.
- An automated suite validates reverse keying, facet structure and skipped-question handling, making the arithmetic independently checkable.
Cons
- Absence of a normed sample means scores are positions on a scale, not percentile comparisons against a population.
- Results exist only in local browser storage and are permanently lost when site data is cleared or a device is switched.
- Wellbeing and self-esteem measures are screening-only and cannot substitute for a clinical assessment or diagnosis.
