We agree about the dangers of self-assessment, but having others measure is just as prone to making other mistakes, in particular the context of testing may/or may not translate into other contexts (work, love, play, family).
Having developed personalty tests, I don't think that any 4 letter metrics, is sufficiently detailed to describe anything but gross behavior, but it's still quite powerful for 70% accurate. >To use MBTI to determine an individual%u2019s >suitability for a job or ability to perform is absolutely >unacceptable, While I agree it cannot be used solely, in conjunction with IQ, EQ + SocialQ it can be used to determine how long a person will be happy in any given position for a long duration. Of course if that's long enough ...then you're right anything goes. There is a good deal of research indicating the attraction of types to careers. >nor does it predict behavior. This doesn't match my experience, else people wouldn't be using it to 'please understand me' ;). While this may not generalize to all types, most of my friends are predominately *NT*'s and despite coming from all over the place, show remarkably similar approaches to handling problems, communicating and worldviews, that are distinctly different from non NT's. ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
