OCA-Test-Fake revealed
From: "Claudia Kasch"
Subject: OCA-Test-Fake revealed
Date: 2000/09/21
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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 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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