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So, where is the evidence that it is a handy first approximation? That is, that it makes any kind of testable predictions? Even if they don't always hold, there

by lambda 11y ago

So, where is the evidence that it is a handy first approximation? That is, that it makes any kind of testable predictions? Even if they don't always hold, there should be some correlations with some kind of quantifiable metric. So what quantifiable metrics to these personality categories correlate with?

jessriedel 11y ago
As it happens, he answered exactly this question elsewhere: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9412144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9412144 The MBTI is reasonably well correlated with 4 of the "Big Five" personality traits, which are on good empirical footing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator#Big_Five https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indi...