General Information This paper is of a test review of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) with the essence of psychometric properties. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or MBTI is a self-report, forced-choice questionnaire regarding personality inventory. Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers originally developed the assessment with the first version of MBTI Manual published in 1962 (Kaler, 2007). The MBTI is designed to assess an individual’s preferences of one’s own perception and judgment with the belief that different vocations favored different personality orientations (Myers, 1962).
According to Pittenger (1993), the instrument consists a series of either 93 or 88 questions, the current North American English version and the European English version respectively, followed by choices of a mixture of word pairs and short statements that represent behavioral preferences (e.g., At a party I like to: [A] tell jokes to others, or [B] listen to others) and preferred self-descriptive adjectives (e.g., [A] daring or [B] cautious). The results are then tabulated to indicate the respondent’s preferred modes for each of the following four scales: (a) the attitudes of extroversion or introversion (E or I), (b) the perception of sensing or intuition (S or N) (c) the judgment of …show more content…
This can be a hinder because it is not possible to completely cut-down on the true complexity nature of personalities. The indicator measures preference, not ability, which can be useful in some contexts such as predicting how one behaves in relation to his character. It however, comes with psychometric limitations. In this case, it is necessary for practitioners to be of full understanding the extent the assessment can serve to avoid possible misuse. Nevertheless, the MBTI may serve a more useful role in psychological aspects with continuous further research and
According to Pittenger (1993), the instrument consists a series of either 93 or 88 questions, the current North American English version and the European English version respectively, followed by choices of a mixture of word pairs and short statements that represent behavioral preferences (e.g., At a party I like to: [A] tell jokes to others, or [B] listen to others) and preferred self-descriptive adjectives (e.g., [A] daring or [B] cautious). The results are then tabulated to indicate the respondent’s preferred modes for each of the following four scales: (a) the attitudes of extroversion or introversion (E or I), (b) the perception of sensing or intuition (S or N) (c) the judgment of …show more content…
This can be a hinder because it is not possible to completely cut-down on the true complexity nature of personalities. The indicator measures preference, not ability, which can be useful in some contexts such as predicting how one behaves in relation to his character. It however, comes with psychometric limitations. In this case, it is necessary for practitioners to be of full understanding the extent the assessment can serve to avoid possible misuse. Nevertheless, the MBTI may serve a more useful role in psychological aspects with continuous further research and