The dataset of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz (SWCPQ) includes characters from the fictional universe of Malcolm in the Middle. The SWCPQ can operate as a "What Malcolm in the Middle character are you?" test, click the link above to access it. This page aggregates the crowd sourced data that the quiz is built upon.
| Notability | Name |
|---|---|
| 81.85 | Malcolm Wilkerson |
| 74.05 | Lois Wilkerson |
| 55.05 | Hal Wilkerson |
| 49.45 | Reese Wilkerson |
| 48.45 | Francis Wilkerson |
| 46.85 | Dewey Wilkerson |
To see how each character was rated by users, view their individual page.
As part of the survey where they rated characters, users were also asked the question "How do you rate Malcolm in the Middle?". The distribution of their responses are below.
| # | Response | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | It's the worst | 24 |
| 2 | It's bad | 36 |
| 3 | It's okay | 1164 |
| 4 | It's good | 4336 |
| 5 | It's my favorite | 1043 |
This gives it an average score of 3.96 / 5. Making it 145th out of the 369 universes in the dataset ordered by rating.
The average rating may be hard to generalize, though; the users of one online personality quiz could not be representative of the population in important ways. And there are some very obvious things you can point to: users of this quiz are more likely to be young and more likely to be women.
There are several different ways that average ratings can be broken down. Here are average scores by gender:
| Gender | Average rating |
|---|---|
| Male | 3.96 |
| Female | 3.96 |
The responses to the personality quiz can also be cross referenced with the universe ratings to see how personality affects it. The table below shows the correlation between a user's response to a specific self report item and their rating of this universe.
| Item | Correlation with rating | n |
|---|---|---|
| arcane (not mainstream) | 0.0625 | 7156 |
| indulgent (not sober) | 0.0527 | 7157 |
| intimate (not formal) | 0.0452 | 7161 |
| blue-collar (not ivory-tower) | 0.0407 | 7156 |
| juvenile (not mature) | 0.0347 | 7219 |
| haunted (not blissful) | 0.0345 | 7162 |
| lenient (not strict) | 0.0339 | 7231 |
| beta (not alpha) | 0.0337 | 7142 |
| stinky (not fresh) | 0.0322 | 7159 |
| rebellious (not obedient) | 0.0317 | 7164 |
| nerd (not jock) | 0.0317 | 7216 |
| artistic (not scientific) | 0.03 | 7232 |
| low-tech (not high-tech) | 0.0282 | 7150 |
| gracious (not feisty) | 0.0277 | 7168 |
| outlaw (not sheriff) | 0.0251 | 7151 |
| creative (not conventional) | 0.0248 | 7227 |
| slovenly (not stylish) | 0.0223 | 7162 |
| reclusive (not social) | 0.0221 | 7162 |
| demonic (not angelic) | 0.0202 | 7162 |
| chaotic (not orderly) | 0.0184 | 7178 |
| masculine (not feminine) | 0.0184 | 7227 |
| deranged (not reasonable) | 0.0171 | 7223 |
| frugal (not lavish) | 0.0159 | 7151 |
| creepy (not disarming) | 0.0146 | 7165 |
| awkward (not charming) | 0.0136 | 7229 |
| nurturing (not poisonous) | 0.0132 | 7166 |
| meek (not bossy) | 0.0102 | 7222 |
| traitorous (not loyal) | 0.0071 | 7181 |
| adventurous (not stick-in-the-mud) | 0.0067 | 7161 |
| altruistic (not selfish) | 0.006 | 7159 |
| wild (not tame) | 0.0049 | 7221 |
| spiritual (not skeptical) | 0.0049 | 7174 |
| genius (not dunce) | 0.0045 | 7174 |
| deep (not shallow) | 0.0038 | 7230 |
| genuine (not sarcastic) | 0.0025 | 7167 |
| logical (not emotional) | 0.0022 | 7170 |
How these items predict the ratings for this universe can be compared to how the same items predict the ratings of other universes. The universes with the most similar patterns on the predictors are: