The Use of Personality Assessment in Team Decisions

[Abhishek R]

Originally Posted by Jack_O

To respond to Abishek's question, I am an ISFJ. I usually take the test once or twice a year just for the fun of it. However, I do find that ISFJ is about 97% accurate at describing me.
I've been involved with FIRST for about seven years now. For six of those years I was in charge of scouting. I just found it fascinating, and loved trying to figure the best way to find the optimum combination for an alliance.

Interesting. I always loved scouting as well, and I'm an ENFP.

Maybe I'll make some kind of Google form and collect data on personality vs team role (unless some fellow CD'er wants to do that already).

[abigailthefox]

I did a research project on the reliability and validity of the MBTI for a science symposium in my community. My results indicate that the MBTI was not very reliable, and should not be used for anything other than a fun self-assessment. Please, do your team members a favor and don't use this to make any kind of decision. Maybe don't use it en masse at all, because once you associate a trait with a person, those preconceptions can be hard to shake. I understand that it's fun and all, but people are complex human beings who deserve to be treated as such.

Addendum: I can share my research if anyone is interested, as well as research by others in psychology (mine may be of limited usefulness due to sample size limitations)

[smitikshah]

Originally Posted by abigailthefox

My results indicate that the MBTI was not very reliable, and should not be used for anything other than a fun self-assessment. Please, do your team members a favor and don't use this to make any kind of decision.

Addendum: I can share my research if anyone is interested, as well as research by others in psychology (mine may be of limited usefulness due to sample size limitations)

I would love to see the data and research. My question is how did you analyze the data and what significance value did you use?