rofl. I keep hoping. Once in a while the good come out a head and those that use fear and hate get royally screwed over.
larry On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:00:49 -0600, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry, > Did you learn nothing from this whole election debacle? No one cares > about science or research or truth. That stuff just makes our heads > hurt. We all want everything boiled down to a 4 letter pseudo-acronym. > Or, better yet - a color. I'm an orange - I've no time to think about > this stuff! ;P > > (just kidding - really) > > On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:50:50 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The MBTI measures an abbreviated set of personality facets that are > > better assessed by such instruments as the FFI or NEO-PI. It also > > doesn't take into account Openness to Experience which in my mind is > > as important as Extraversion or Neuroticism. > > > > The FFI is shorter than the Meyers-Briggs, but was developed using > > more modern test development methods. Moreover it has much better > > validity and reliability. The NEO-PI has over 200 items, and provides > > a content space that adequately samples the 5 basic facets of > > personality. > > > > In some research I did as part of a grad course on test development, > > we related the NEO-PI and the Meyers Briggs using a sample of 3600 > > business admins and marketing people in four different large > > companies. The Meyers-Briggs model was not adequate to explain the > > data (ie., the goodness-of-fit measures were not statistically > > significant), while the full Five Factor Model provided a very good > > fit to the data. When I ran a confirmatory factor analysis on the > > data, again the NEO-PI adequately mapped to the underlying factors > > within the data. In contrast only the E and N scales in the MBTI were > > defined adequately, the remaining MBTI subscales split across all five > > underlying factors in the data set. > > > > My own conclusion with these results is that why use a measure that > > doesn't adquately represent what's within the population? I I was > > still doing that sort of stuff, I'd trash the MBTI and start using the > > FFI or the NEO-PI. > > > > pardon the experimental psychologist speak. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:27:02 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > she stood up, exclaimed "I don't think I belong in this group", > > > > and ran for the instructors. She should have been grouped with the > > > > INFPs. > > > > > > Great anecdote! Thanks. > > > > > > That's consistent with what I've seen. So, while Larry is probably > > > right clinically (he certainly seems to be), generally I think it's an > > > excellent test. > > > > > > Those "E" groups rock - you get the extroverted inventors together and > > > pretty soon they're designing popsicle stick bridges. Elsewhere the > > > "I" groups are quietly reading or just looking frightened watching the > > > "Es" live it up. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134658 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
