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What a score is allowed to mean
8 Sep 2026
A score is a pattern in the statements you marked. It is a poor tool for judging health, hiring, or worth.
A pattern in answers
You marked a handful of lines. The page averages them into bars. That is the whole machinery. There is no hidden second test, and there is no percentage of the population behind your bar.
If a page on another site quotes a precise split of humanity, ask where the count came from. This site will not invent one to sound finished.
Original pages and published forms
Most of the library is original writing. Three forms are published and scored the way their authors specify: the PHQ-9, the GAD-7, and the six-question ASRS v1.1 screener. Those three stay free, including the score and the band.
The band on a published form is a severity range from the form’s own scoring, not a diagnosis and not a Meridian nickname.
The limit is the useful part
A result you can overtrust is a worse product. The useful version is small: a name for a habit, the other scores beside it, and a clear stop. Hiring, clinical decisions, and anyone’s worth sit outside that stop.
Use the score to notice a lean. Then go back to the actual week and see if the lean is there.