Most Valid Personality Test That Is Free?

[Mondo]

I am planning to do an extensive statistics project in which I get a random sample of Duke students and have them take a Meyers-Briggs test along with the survey (where they answer questions such as.. are you in a fraternity? what's your gender? where are your from?) and I'm going to compare results and see what comes up. I'm just hoping for a high response rate.. lol.

Which free MBTI test would you recommend?

[Jack Flak]

If you'd have asked me a decade ago, I could've given you a rundown on all the popular tests. I don't take them anymore, so I'm not the man with the data.

If you don't find a good one, I could perhaps write a very short (12 questions probably) test for you. I wrote one like that circa 2000 which worked very well in its limited use, but I no longer have it.

[edcoaching]

I am planning to do an extensive statistics project in which I get a random sample of Duke students and have them take a Meyers-Briggs test along with the survey (where they answer questions such as.. are you in a fraternity? what's your gender? where are your from?) and I'm going to compare results and see what comes up. I'm just hoping for a high response rate.. lol.

Which free MBTI test would you recommend?

Contact the publisher of the real MBTI. CPP, Inc. - Leaders in Workforce Development (http://www.cpp.com). If your research design is solid they do provide free product to researchers. Sometimes. And they can be done online...

[Apollanaut]

In lieu of the actual MBTI, the best free online test is the Thomson-Maidenbaum Personality Inventory (TMPI), which can be found here:

Thomson-Maidenbaum Personality Inventory (http://greenlightwiki.com/lenore/inventory.html)

[Thursday]

it say i be ISFJ
but i am at work, of course i am using my practical functions-not well though

[ajblaise]

uhh I thought it was a consensus that the free Jung typology test at Humanmetrics was standard.

Personality test based on Jung - Myers-Briggs typology (http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp)

[Jack Flak]

it say i be ISFJ
but i am at work, of course i am using my practical functions-not well though
Haha. Very funny, AvereX. Maybe I'll keep you 'round, just to make me laugh! :D

[Thursday]

uhh I thought it was a consensus that the free Jung typology test at Humanmetrics was standard.

Personality test based on Jung - Myers-Briggs typology (http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp)

you thought wrong - that test sucks
many agree for level-headed reasons

[ajblaise]

you thought wrong - that test sucks
many agree for level-headed reasons

What's a better one? Any of the two that were already listed?

[Thursday]

the 8 function test is best, particularily this one.

Understanding the Eight Jungian Cognitive Processes / Eight Functions Attitudes (http://www.cognitiveprocesses.com/assessment/survey.html)

lately it no work

[Jeffster]

In lieu of the actual MBTI, the best free online test is the Thomson-Maidenbaum Personality Inventory (TMPI), which can be found here:

Thomson-Maidenbaum Personality Inventory (http://greenlightwiki.com/lenore/inventory.html)

I got:

Your TMPI answers suggest that your type preference is:

ESFP

E 8 I 6
S 9 N 5
T 2 F 12
P 12 J 2

[Apollanaut]

I got:

Your TMPI answers suggest that your type preference is:

ESFP

E 8 I 6
S 9 N 5
T 2 F 12
P 12 J 2

Like all of these tests, the results are just a guideline to point you in the right direction. It is up to the individual to make the final decision as to which type best fits them.

[Beat]

Facebook actually has a test that's no more than 20 questions and seems pretty accurate.

[Jeffster]

Like all of these tests, the results are just a guideline to point you in the right direction. It is up to the individual to make the final decision as to which type best fits them.

Indeed. :)

[Firelie]

Hmm, that one made me INTX.

[Mondo]

Contact the publisher of the real MBTI. CPP, Inc. - Leaders in Workforce Development (http://www.cpp.com). If your research design is solid they do provide free product to researchers. Sometimes. And they can be done online...

Hey, which email address should I use?

[colmena]

In lieu of the actual MBTI, the best free online test is the Thomson-Maidenbaum Personality Inventory (TMPI), which can be found here:

Thomson-Maidenbaum Personality Inventory (http://greenlightwiki.com/lenore/inventory.html)


I don't think I could choose between these.
Which is more interesting to you:
knowing how people think?
knowing how people feel?

[Sytpg]

In lieu of the actual MBTI, the best free online test is the Thomson-Maidenbaum Personality Inventory (TMPI), which can be found here:

Thomson-Maidenbaum Personality Inventory (http://greenlightwiki.com/lenore/inventory.html)



I liked that test. Somewhat different. I got :

E 9 I 5
S 3 N 11
T 4 F 10
P 13 J 1



But this....

I don't think I could choose between these.

... is true for me also. The one question I really took a long time to answer. Ultimately I said I was more interested in how people think because,how they feel, I already know. But I'm pretty sure that the ENFP answer would be "how they feel".

[Trinity]

I don't think I could choose between these.

Good thing you have a X in your type :laugh:

I always struggle with what's more important justice or mercy.

[colmena]

LOL

Your TMPI answers suggest that your type preference is:

INXP

E 2 I 12
S 3 N 11
T 7 F 7
P 8 J 6


I've never actually gotten X before. I like this test.
.

[Sytpg]

Good thing you have a X in your type :laugh:

I always struggle with what's more important justice or mercy.

Yeah and I think it's a stupid question. It depends on the case really. I might be able to feel sympathy for a rapist that was sexually molested throughout his/her childhood by his/her parents, but I still think he/she should go to jail.

[colmena]

Good thing you have a X in your type :laugh:

I always struggle with what's more important justice or mercy.

Mercy, for me. 'Though it took some hefty rationalising to get there.

[InaF3157]

Good thing you have a X in your type :laugh:

I always struggle with what's more important justice or mercy.

Really? That is probably the easiest for me to answer.

[Trinity]

Mercy, for me. 'Though it took some hefty rationalising to get there.

You deserve the X after that methinks :D

Anyway the test scored me as INTP again but the IN&T seemed more accurate than usual.

[Trinity]

Really? That is probably the easiest for me to answer.

:yes: I see justice as fair but I'd rather forgive than punish so yep, I struggle with it.

[InaF3157]

Ooh. I like this test.
Your TMPI answers suggest that your type preference is:

INTP

E 5 I 9
S 5 N 9
T 11 F 2
P 10 J 4

:yes: I see justice as fair but I'd rather forgive than punish so yep, I struggle with it.

I always think being merciful to one is being unfair and merciless to the party s/he wronged. *shrug*
Now, if the wronged party is o.k. with the mercy, who am I to quibble?

[Splittet]

I am recommending you to use a Big Five test instead. It has far more support in the scientific community than MBTI and it is standard to use in studies like yours. Basically what you get with MBTI is a weaker version of Big Five, especially in statistical studies. If you want your research to have any value at all, use Big Five, or it will be ignored. The best test to use would be NEO PI-R: Revised NEO Personality Inventory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroticism_Extraversion_Openness_Personality_Inve ntory) There is also a shortened version named NEO-FFI.

[edcoaching]

Hey, which email address should I use?

Here's the link to their research info with the contact info.

research_grants (http://www.cpp.com/content/research_grants.asp)

[Victor]

Psychometric tests are not more valid or more reliable than other psychometric tests - rather a test is valid or invalid and reliable or unreliable in itself.

However to administer a valid and reliable psychometric test to oneself, means the data are contaminated from the very beginning.

And if you want your personality or intelligence quotient or any other aspect of your psyche measured, you need to pay a qualified, professional psychometrician.

In fact you need to pay not one but two independent psychometricians to make sure the result is the same in each case.

However if a Movement encourages you to administer to yourself a test that is invalid and unreliable for free, you know that Movement is a cult.

For instance cults like Scientology offer free bogus personality tests to appeal to the narcissistic.

And cults have their own internal dynamic. They appeal to the felt needs of their members, such as belonging. Cults are impervious to evidence. Oddly enough cults often attract the best and brightest. And cults regard curiosity and dissent as, at first, bad manners then secondly as disloyal and finally as treacherous.

At the deepest level, cults are paranoid. And paranoia, you remember, is psychological preparation to attack.

So caveat emptor.

[Antisocial one]

INTJ

E 1 I 13
S 3 N 11
F 0 T 14
P 0 J 14

[Mondo]

INTP

E 3 I 11
S 3 N 11
T 8 F 6
P 11 J 3

I think I test as a stronger Introvert when I'm feeling down though.

[Kaizer]

INTP

E 3 I 11
S 3 N 11
T 8 F 6
P 11 J 3

I think I test as a stronger Introvert when I'm feeling down though.

It gave me the accompanying #'s of two other types along with the result too... whats their relevance? can anyone explain/help?

[Dwigie]

IXFP

E 3 I 11
S 7 N 7
T 5 F 9
P 9 J 5
I thought I would get this.

[cascademn]

LOL




I've never actually gotten X before. I like this test.
.

Yah, me too. :smile:

It's given me proof as to why mbti annoys me so much when it comes to fitting myself into one of the 16...

Your TMPI answers suggest that your type preference is:

INXX

E 4 I 10
S 5 N 9
T 7 F 7
P 7 J 7

[Evan]

However if a Movement encourages you to administer to yourself a test that is invalid and unreliable for free, you know that Movement is a cult.

What "movement" are you talking about? Who's leading this movement? What's the point of it?

You're hella paranoid dude.

[Mondo]

This test seems to do a good job in reminding people of how indecisive they are, :D

[Mo_(operalover)]

INTJ

E 1 I 13
S 3 N 11
F 0 T 14
P 0 J 14

Wow, apart from the I, we're like night and day.

INFP

E 2 I 12
S 6 N 8
T 1 F 13
P 14 J 0

[mlittrell]

none of them lol

[Colors]

INTP

E 4 I 10
S 6 N 8
T 10 F 4
P 8 J 6

I really like this test. The questions thoughtfully ambiguous so you really had to think about it - And weren't always obvious on how they were testing, and the answers varied enough. I felt like I could've chosen either one for a lot of the questions! I just tried not to overthink it and go with my gut instinct.

I'm actually surprised I scored I, T, or P, considering how torn I was on some of the questions. (I'm never surprised either way on the S/N.)

[Mondo]

If you'd have asked me a decade ago, I could've given you a rundown on all the popular tests. I don't take them anymore, so I'm not the man with the data.

If you don't find a good one, I could perhaps write a very short (12 questions probably) test for you. I wrote one like that circa 2000 which worked very well in its limited use, but I no longer have it.

Jack Flak, I would actually be interested in a test like that.
I would definitely want the test to be kind of short to keep a high response rate. (Sending a random group of undergrads emails asking them to take the survey and personality test)..
Thanks in advance!

[Doppleganger]

ISTP

E 0 I 14
S 8 N 6
T 10 F 4
P 11 J 3

[INTJMom]

I am planning to do an extensive statistics project in which I get a random sample of Duke students and have them take a Meyers-Briggs test along with the survey (where they answer questions such as.. are you in a fraternity? what's your gender? where are your from?) and I'm going to compare results and see what comes up. I'm just hoping for a high response rate.. lol.

Which free MBTI test would you recommend?
Here are two tests I like.
This one is harder to skew because there's 3 choices for each question.
Discordia Inc. (http://www.discordia-inc.co.uk/misc/mbtitest.html)
This is a longer test which I think provides greater opportunity for accuracy.
Humanmetrics (http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp)

[Thursday]

aww
now it say i am an INFP-wrong
i a sad panda now

[bluemonday]

[COLOR=Blue]Here are two tests I like.
This one is harder to skew because there's 3 choices for each question.
Discordia Inc. (http://www.discordia-inc.co.uk/misc/mbtitest.html)

Thanks Mom, I haven't seen that one before.
I'm so skewed, I come out INTP even when I'm trying to F!

[INTJMom]

Thanks Mom, I haven't seen that one before.
I'm so skewed, I come out INTP even when I'm trying to F!
:smile:

[Mondo]

This hasn't been proven with Humanmetrics but I heard that a very high proportion of people test as Intuitive rather than Sensor.

[cascademn]

This hasn't been proven with Humanmetrics but I heard that a very high proportion of people test as Intuitive rather than Sensor.

I am an INTJ if I went by humanmetrics.

:ninja:

[INTJMom]

I am an INTJ if I went by humanmetrics.

:ninja:
Since the tests aren't really scientific, and even ones administered by a professional can be wrong, it's probably good to get a consensus over a wide period time, since even your answers can be influenced by the way you're feeling about yourself at any given time.

[cascademn]

Since the tests aren't really scientific, and even ones administered by a professional can be wrong, it's probably good to get a consensus over a wide period time, since even your answers can be influenced by the way you're feeling about yourself at any given time.

Yes, I agree. And this is exactly why I have a bit of a problem with mbti. :-)

It's all about how you perceive yourself when you're taking a test.
In my early 20's, I always tested as INTJ (the humanmetrics test, as well as a few others), and I must admit I related to the type descriptions. I didn't see myself as an NF at all during that time.

I don't relate to the NT temperament anymore. But I think it does raise an interesting question -- was I more deluded about myself then, or am I moreso now? How does one decide?

Personally I don't think it's a self-awareness issue, just a matter of growth, maturity, and gaining more life experience. And, I'm starting to realize there aren't any positive ramifications as far as self-growth goes for me to be able to assign myself to a certain type -- because at this point, I don't think it really matters. I'm still Me, whatever type that is. I think mbti is more useful for other people who wish to categorize me a certain way, and for myself to categorize others. Kinda a hobby. And certainly there ARE noticeable ways you can categorize others, and behavioral patterns - so the concept is a natural one.

I think with mbti though, it's easy to shift our whole self-perception around a description, and explain our tendencies/behaviors based on that description. We explain ourselves based on how we're 'supposed' to be acting, based on our description and type theory, vs. how we might actually BE. Perhaps throwing aside or not mentioning things about ourselves that don't really line up with theory. Fitting ourselves to a theory, rather than assessing the theory itself.