A military-economic type of allocation game was used as a framework for a personality, computer based test. Test scores were derived from the magnitudes of allocations of monetary units into four regions. This decision-making behavior was interpreted in relation to its underlying personality traits through using the imago algorithm. Standardization of test scores and their interpretations, based on variable test norms, were automated.
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