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That is a problem of interpretation by amateurs more than a problem with the test itself. Myers-Briggs gives you PERCENTAGES of every trait, then it uses 4 lett

That is a problem of interpretation by amateurs more than a problem with the test itself. Myers-Briggs gives you PERCENTAGES of every trait, then it uses 4 letter labels to make things simpler for people, but you are supposed to understand that a person that scored 49% introvert in the introvert-extrovert spectrum is going to be far similar to a person that scored extrovert with 51% than to a person that scored introvert 10% because its a spectrum not an absolute value. That is the reason that modern tests like Big Five did away with the labels, because people were incapable to reason beyond them and kept making dumb assumptions like "He scored introvert so he must hate parties or I scored introvert the first time but extrovert the second (a potential 1% difference between the labels without the percentages associated to them) so the test is crap".

david_allison 5y ago
> you are supposed to understand that a person that scored 49% introvert in the introvert-extrovert spectrum is going to be far similar to a person that scored extrovert with 51% than to a person that scored introvert 10% because its a spectrum not an absolute value. This doesn't fit well with my mental model of how Myers Briggs works (regardless of the veracity of Myers Briggs). As I understand it: Myers Briggs maps to the Jungian cognitive functions[0] and the side that you fall on the J/P dichotomy will invert these. An INTJ would be: Introverted Intuition, Extraverted Thinking, Introverted Feeling, Extraverted Sensing An INTP would be: Introverted Thinking, Extraverted Intuition, Introverted Sensing, Extraverted Feeling Getting near the 50% mark on the J/P aspect appears to show low confidence in any part of the model [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_cognitive_functions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_cognitive_functions
- pseudalopex 5y ago
  Myers and Briggs were inspired by Jung. And some enthusiasts insist on interpreting it how you do. But basically every test treats the axes as continuous.

david_allison 5y ago

> you are supposed to understand that a person that scored 49% introvert in the introvert-extrovert spectrum is going to be far similar to a person that scored extrovert with 51% than to a person that scored introvert 10% because its a spectrum not an absolute value. This doesn't fit well with my mental model of how Myers Briggs works (regardless of the veracity of Myers Briggs). As I understand it: Myers Briggs maps to the Jungian cognitive functions[0] and the side that you fall on the J/P dichotomy will invert these. An INTJ would be: Introverted Intuition, Extraverted Thinking, Introverted Feeling, Extraverted Sensing An INTP would be: Introverted Thinking, Extraverted Intuition, Introverted Sensing, Extraverted Feeling Getting near the 50% mark on the J/P aspect appears to show low confidence in any part of the model [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_cognitive_functions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_cognitive_functions

pseudalopex 5y ago
Myers and Briggs were inspired by Jung. And some enthusiasts insist on interpreting it how you do. But basically every test treats the axes as continuous.