Re:The Myers-Briggs Personality Test Is Pretty Much Meaningless
by oldmanjay on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @01:29PM
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Seems like a great tool for a science that draws conclusions first and looks for evidence later, as I've been led to believe has been happening in psychology.
Re:The Myers-Briggs Personality Test Is Pretty Much Meaningless
by bunderbunder on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @01:46PM
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I wouldn't drop this one on psychology's doorstep - the MBTI has been pretty consistently critcized by the mainstream psychology community for decades.
As a tool, though, its utility remains doubtful. Its test-retest reliability is very low, meaning that, if you give the same person the test at two different times, you're likely to get two different results. This strongly suggests that, while the test might capture aspects of a person's personality, it's also functioning like a glorified mood ring. Without some way to separate those two aspects, its utility as an indicator of anything useful about any one individual is highly suspect.