On 10 Dec 2002, G. Marc Turner wrote: > Okay, I just took a look at 2 reviews from the Mental Measurements > Yearbook about the MBTI Form M. Here's a brief summary about > reliability and validity...
And I checked my file to see what I had collected on it. I found a paper by Pittenger (1993), who says: "There is insufficient evidence to justify the specific claims made about the MBTI...the patterns of data do not suggest that...there are 16 unique types of personality. Furthermore, there is no convincing evidence to justify that knowledge of type is a reliable or valid predictor of important behavioral conditions. Taken as a whole, the MBTI makes few unique practical or theoretical contributions to the understanding of behavior." "The MBTI theory states clearly that the MBTI measures types and the 16 types are relevant and essential to understanding personality. The data do not support this claim". Of course, they still use the Rorschach, don't they? Stephen Pittenger, D. (1993). The utility of the Myers-Briggs type indicator. Review of Educational Research, 63, 467-488. ______________________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips _________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
