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BLUEPRINT FOR UNDERSTANDING Detailed Information For Further Education COGIATI, or Combined Gender Identity And Transsexuality Inventory How the COGIATI is constructed and scored.

The COGIATI, as it currently exists, is composed of 65 questions. All of the questions are based on one aspect of neurological, or social, sex differentiation. Some questions are reworkings of some of the BEM and Moir-Jessel questions, even more are based on my own independant study of the sources for those two tests, as well as recent research papers. All of this comes together to form the current COGIATI. I hope to expand the COGIATI in time. The ultimate goal would be to have a COGIATI composed of about 200 questions; for maximum accuracy, a wide platform for result basis, and the power to break down psychological barriers by virtue of mental exhaustion, just as is done in tests such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.

Scoring is simple. There are five answers to each question, with each answer numerically corresponding to one of five categories:

                     -10                Extremely Male
                     -5                  Feminine Male
                      0                  Androgynous
                      5                  Female
                      10                Extremely Female

With 65 questions, the total range is -650 for Absolute Male to +650 for Absolute Female

The breakdown is thus:

               -650 to -389        Class 1 (Definite Male)
               -390 to -129        Class 2 (Feminine Male)
               -130 to 129         Class 3 (Androgyne)
                130 to 389         Class 4 (Probable Transsexual)
                390 to 650         Class 5 (Classic Transsexual)

The sexual gratification-based, fetishitic transvestite would fit Class 1
The mostly sexual / fetishistic but slightly gender involved crossdresser fits Class 2
The serious transgenderist fits Class 3
The most common type of transsexual (well over 70%) fits Class 4
The rarest, early onset, 'classic model of early research' transsexual fits Class 5

COGIATI simply tallies up a score based on the questions, with no adjustments. Very straightforward, no assumptions in the calculation.

This is the basic information on the COGIATI.