Alignment score: EnneaFox glossary definition

A summary of your own answers

Every EnneaFox type has six rated statements. Each answer is converted to a value from minus two ("Strongly disagree") to plus two ("Strongly agree"), with one reverse-worded statement per type flipped. The values are averaged per type, and in close cases a small adjustment from the either-or questions is added. The alignment score simply places that average on a 0 to 100 scale, so it is easier to read than a decimal between minus two and plus two.

Range

0 to 100 for each of the nine types

Midpoint

50 means your answers to that type averaged neutral

Built from

Your answers to that type's six statements, plus any tiebreaker adjustment

It is not

A probability, a ranking against others, a norm or a measure of how much of a type you are

Where it appears

In the full report, for all nine types

Why EnneaFox uses it

How to read it

• Look at the gap between your top two or three types, not just the top number.
• A high score for several types can mean you agreed with many statements in general, which the report flags.
• A score below 50 means you mostly disagreed with that type's statements.
• Two people with the same score for a type did not necessarily answer the same way.

An example

Someone finishes with Type 9 at 78, Type 6 at 74 and Type 5 at 61. The report labels the result close and names 9 and 6 as contenders. The numbers do not say she is "78 percent Nine." They say she endorsed the Nine statements and the Six statements about equally strongly, and the Five statements less so, which is a reason to read the 6 vs 9 comparison carefully.

What research does and does not say

Related terms: Enneagram test, typing, mistyping and RHETI.

• Enneagram test: glossary definitionWhat an Enneagram test is: a questionnaire that estimates a best-fit type, the main formats (rating scale and forced choice), its limits, and the research.
• Typing: Enneagram glossary definitionEnneagram typing, defined: the process of finding a best-fit type through reflection, tests, interviews and reading, its pitfalls, and what research says.
• Mistyping: Enneagram glossary definitionEnneagram mistyping, defined: settling on a type that is not your best fit, the usual causes, the most commonly confused pairs, and how to double-check.
• RHETI: Enneagram glossary definitionRHETI explained: a published forced-choice Enneagram questionnaire by Riso and Hudson, how the format works, what research found, and how it compares.