[ Article reposted from alt.clearing.technology ]
[ Author was Claudia Kasch ]
[ Posted on Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:33:21 +0200 ]

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I made a study on available material on the Oxford Capacity Analysis Test and would like to share my insights with you:

PURPOSES:

There are two versions of the test, which is used by Scientology for three different purposes (regging, recruitment and C/Sing):

HISTORY First an US-version called American Personality Analysis (APA) and created and originally copywrited by Julia Lewis in 1955.

Second a British version based on APA, called Oxford Capacity Analysis (OCA) and created and copyrighted by Ray Kemp in 1959, who recently wrote an article on this in IVy 22.

The APA copyright was bought in 1990 by CoS-Member Tom Voltz and offered to the Church, that they may use it free for their religious practices. Tom just wanted to use the copyright for business purposes. WISE was offended by this and the church was willing to SP declare Tom due to this conflict "he created". This story was told in Tom Voltz' book "Tom Voltz- Scientology - Without an End", he is now a critic of Scientology.

Ray Kemp recognized, that the Church squirreld his test in the 70ies and he tried to handle this by writing to LRH and got a reply, that he should write a book and consolide the data on the OCA. He and his junior Tom Morgon did so: "Scientometric Testing". But this book was defeated by the orgs and so he found out, that LRH was not any more in control of his church and left this corrupt organization. (See at http://www.Deja.com for the posting of Safe ... www.fza.org <Safe@xenu.net> on 1st Aug.

1999 to alt.religion.scientology with the title: "How the CofS stole the OCA test".)

SQUIRREL As I have only access to the testing material of the church from the 80ies and the seminar data from Tom Morgan (he still works for the church, as far as I know), I can not speak for the currently used test nor can I compare it to the original version.

The current version of the 90ies consists of 200 questions, which are a bit similar but not identical to the version of the 80ies. About 10 % of the questions are formulated in the opposite of the "original", which I think is a big alter-is. Of course they will switched the values from NO to YES and vice versa, but this is not correct, as the questions alway relate to a gradient scale and not to a two-value-logic!

I will give some examples of this alter-is (I retranslated these quotes from the german 1988 version back to english):

1988: Does life seem to you worth living? -
1999: Is your life a constant struggle for survival?

1988: Are you always happy, even without any reason?
1999: Are you rarely happy unless you have a special reason?

1988: Is it difficult to please you?
1999: Are you easily pleased?

1988: Do you find it easy to express your feelings?
1999: Do you tent to hide your feelings?
Some questions arose in 1999, which you can not at all find in the 1988-version. This alter-is is due to the fact, that the CoS was not willing to find an agreement with the APA-copyright-holder Tom Voltz.

They prefered to start a conflict with him, than to correct their former criminal Copyright violations! (Although the former copyright owner and test author Julia Lewis asked for royalties, the church never paid any).

I assume, that at least this newest computer based version of the CoS-TEST (in the 90ies) has nothing any more to do with the original APA or OCA due to the alter is. As it is computer based, we will rarely be able to check it out, as we can't access the value-table, on which the test is based. But as the questions are altered in such a extreme way, I don't see a chance for a valid test. Yes, it may still solve the former purpose of INVALIDATING the case of new customers enough, so that one can sell any intro services. But whether the test gives today a CORRECT indication of the case of the PC is very questionable. So: I would not use the current test for any C/Sing any more.

What about the test of the 80ies?

As I can not compare it to the original version, which I do not have (HAS ANYONE PLEASE HAVE A COPY OF ANY OLDER TEST MATERIALS FOR ME - PLEASE!!!) , I can just tell you something about the obviously criminal alter-is which can be seen, by analysis from a technical viewpoint.

WHAT IT IS NOT But before this, I would like to tell you, that the outpoint of the test is NOT that, what the critics of the tests told you about it.

For example there was a british investigation in 1971 on the OCA and the psychologists found out, that it is nothing worth: Because it is not known to them, not sold and offered on the official Psychometric lines and not created by one of their acclaimed institutes.

Further they critizise, that the test does not give a Zero-Graph, if one answers the questions in random, as it should!!! They tried one very valid test on the OCA: They answered every question "correctly", but put the answer to the following question. At least this should end up with a graph line on the ZERO level of the test. What a bullshit.

Also they critizes, that the test is not NORMALIZED. That means, that the medium aberree should show a graph on a ZERO level. - So the OCA is not valid in their eyes.

But actually this is no outpoint, as the OCA/APA did not had the purpose to tell you, whether someone is under or over the "normal" or statistically level of the medium aberree. Its purpose was to tell, how much of the potential of the aberree can be won with auditing. So really the usual aberree (raw meat from the street) will usually show a very bad and low graph. But you should not invalidate him with this, but you should tell him, that this shows all the potential of him (above his line), which can be recovered with auditing!

So far to the critics.

BACK TO THE 80ies Actually the CoS-test of the 80ies has been tampered with. If you are clear and in a jolly good state and you answer the test, you will get a graph, which will be up north in the area between 70 and 100! With one exception: You will not be able to come to a good position with your column H: Logical Reasoning (Appreciation) / Capacity for Error (Hypercritical). There your clear will show usually a very low value!!!

Why is this? I investigated which questions should he answer better to solve this problem ;-) I found the following questions, which your Clear answered "WRONG":

YES to 38 (new 37): Do you consider there are other people who are definitely unfriendly toward you and work against you?

NO to138 (new 152). Do you rarely express your grievances?

YES to 158 (no similar in the new test): Do you consider, that someone does not like you and criticize you in your absent?

YES to 198. (no similar in the new test): Are you often dismayed by the actions of others and are not able to grasp their double-dealing?

With these and other answers you get a horrible -38 % on the H column and result as very critical!

If you change your mind and switch the above answers, you will jump up to +78 % and qualify as a Pre-OT or for any exec post!!!

So don't think, that there may be any enemies in any one of your dynamic. Don't believe in SPs, in 3rd Party, 1.1er or at least never write any KRs on these people and you will have a chance!!!

With this fake of the OCA, they gave every one of us a false indication: you are critical!!! - Now you understand, why some tech terminals, C/Ses are agreeing with all these sec checks and 6 months checks: All their PCs and Prae OTs must be very out-ethical, have a look at these horrible OCA-graphs, especially column H!

And this fake has another advantage: You keep good guys away from important exec posts. Because for finding an exec, one has to look at the tests of the staffs. You will either just take very naive guys (who never studied anything on the PTS SP course) or you will take the guys, who know about this test and are willing to behave, as it is expected from you!

I always wondered, why in the CoS some of the very intelligent and without doubt good-guy execs or high tech terminals had one stable datum: There are no enemies within our church, especially not on their senior lines! There is no evil purpose behind all the dev-t, the downstats etc. This I could not understand, why such intelligent and well trained execs and friends of mine could talk such a bullshit. Why do they ignore the obvious and all the related LRH-data. Every second HCO PL on SPs (per the index of the 1991-OEC-Volumes) is about SPs on org lines, on exec lines.

This is the solution on this found out-point: They once pondered about, why they did not got their OCA up. So - once they had the chance to read and evaluate the evaluation data on testing, they did to find out, which questions did they answer "wrong". When they found out, they had to decide: Keep your integrity and stay at the bottom of the orgboard or make a career by answering like it was expected from them and to ignore the contradicting data on SPs and suppression.

By faking this test, it was also possible to put a lot of "black-scientologists" on to important exec posts, as they can be briefed, how to answer the OCA correctly. Instead of keeping your integrity, one just has to adjust to the power and always agree to your seniors.

But let us come back to your public Scientologist, whether clear or not. He ALWAYS gets this indication of being to critical! - So when he runs into any injustice or any outpoint, he has to remember: This is YOUR CASE, that you recognize this "outpoint". YOU ARE CRITICAL, there is nothing to be changed in this Org.

So this OCA-fake is very valuable for the status quo.

THAT is the reason, why the church rather let the test-author Ray Kemp become ARC-broken and even leaving the church, as to stop this valuable fake.

Behind a small outpoint (some alter-is in some test material) you will find a big reason and nearly unconfrontable WHY: This church was in progress to be taken over by the enemy. This fake was just one projekt, which served as a tool.

SHOCKED Claudia

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