Myers-Briggs...

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

OK...this is from "16 Personalities". I have no idea who these guys are. There are more and more web outfits offering what I consider to be a cheap and dirty MBTI-"like" screening that can be done really quickly and you get your "type" without a whole lot of effort or time. This test has a 6 choice range for each answer. I found it difficult to decide whether I was small, medium, or large on almost all the questions I looked at before i quit.

The MBTI and Keirsey instruments are called "forced choice" instruments. Each question has only two optional answers and you have to choose the one that fits you "best". Both systems instruct the user that they may skip questions they feel unable to respond to...but it's better if you keep the skipped answers to a minimum and just pick the answer which is "...closer to how you usually think or feel..." which is the language I was instructed to use when administering the MBTI.

The MBTI is 93 questions long and takes considerably longer than 12 minutes. The MBTI is available online at http://www.mbtionline.com/, it costs $49.95.

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter online test is 70 questions long. At http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/register.aspx. It's free.

If you want the most reliable results available you want to take the actual MBTI test or the Keirsey which is probably just as good. If you want a better screening than you got on "16personalities", and don't want to pay for it, take the time to do the Keirsey. The number of questions helps make the result more reliable.

Okay, thanks. Will do.

Dave