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You shouldn't worry about this at all. Obligatory references on the subject of the unvalidated Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®: http://www.washingtonpost.com/nat
by tokenadult 13y ago
You shouldn't worry about this at all.
Obligatory references on the subject of the unvalidated Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/myers-briggs-does-it-pay-to-know-your-type/2012/12/14/eaed51ae-3fcc-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/myers-b...
"Now, 50 years after the first time anyone paid money for the test, the Myers-Briggs legacy is reaching the end of the family line. The youngest heirs don’t want it. And it’s not clear whether organizations should, either.
. . . .
"Yet despite its widespread use and vast financial success, and although it was derived from the work of Carl Jung, one of the most famous psychologists of the 20th century, the test is highly questioned by the scientific community."
http://www.skepdic.com/myersb.html http://www.skepdic.com/myersb.html
http://www.psychometric-success.com/personality-tests/personality-tests-popular-tests.htm http://www.psychometric-success.com/personality-tests/person...
"Overall, the review committee concluded that the MBTI has not demonstrated adequate validity although its popularity and use has been steadily increasing. The National Academy of Sciences review committee concluded that: 'at this time, there is not sufficient, well-designed research to justify the use of the MBTI in career counseling programs,' the very thing that it is most often used for."
http://www.indiana.edu/~jobtalk/HRMWebsite/hrm/articles/develop/mbti.pdf http://www.indiana.edu/~jobtalk/HRMWebsite/hrm/articles/deve...
http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Personality-Testing-Annie-Murphy/dp/0743280725 http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Personality-Testing-Annie-Murphy/...