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COMPARISON OF THE PERSONALITY MEASUREMENTS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ACCORDING TO THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR AND THE PERSONAL PROFILE SYSTEM

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1982
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the personality measurements of college students according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Personal Profile System (PPS). Both instruments were administered to 265 students in two community colleges and two universities in Central and South Florida. A frequency distribution was computed for the respondents according to MBTI type and according to PPS scale. Each individual PPS scale was analyzed against the four separate MPTI dimensions, and against the sixteen MBTI types. A chi-square, a lambda (asymmetric), and an uncertainty coefficient (asymmetric) statistical test were employed in the analysis of the data. The .05 level of significance was used in testing the hypotheses. The following conclusions were based on the analysis of data: (1) In every case the chi-square test indicated that a statistically significant relationship existed between the measurements of the two instruments. (2) Both the lambda and the uncertainty coefficient tests indicated that knowledge of a person's measurement on one test improved the ability to predict the person's measurement on the other test. (3) Each Myers-Briggs type related to a specific Personal Profile System scale over 60% of the time, and six of the sixteen MBTI types matched with a particular PPS scale over 90% of the time. (4) The high correlation of similar measurements of the two tests tends to reinforce the validity of both instruments. (5) Since the scales and dimensions of the two instruments did not correlate consistently in all measurements, the tests themselves cannot be used interchangeably. In summary, this study provided data which indicated that a statistically significant relationship exists between the measurements of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Personal Profile System, as noted within the limitations of the study. Possibilities for future research were outlined.
Title: A COMPARISON OF THE PERSONALITY MEASUREMENTS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ACCORDING TO THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR AND THE PERSONAL PROFILE SYSTEM.
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Name(s): GRIGSBY, JAMES DELMAR.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Olson, Arthur H., Thesis advisor
Kerensky, Vasil M., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1982
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 89 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the personality measurements of college students according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Personal Profile System (PPS). Both instruments were administered to 265 students in two community colleges and two universities in Central and South Florida. A frequency distribution was computed for the respondents according to MBTI type and according to PPS scale. Each individual PPS scale was analyzed against the four separate MPTI dimensions, and against the sixteen MBTI types. A chi-square, a lambda (asymmetric), and an uncertainty coefficient (asymmetric) statistical test were employed in the analysis of the data. The .05 level of significance was used in testing the hypotheses. The following conclusions were based on the analysis of data: (1) In every case the chi-square test indicated that a statistically significant relationship existed between the measurements of the two instruments. (2) Both the lambda and the uncertainty coefficient tests indicated that knowledge of a person's measurement on one test improved the ability to predict the person's measurement on the other test. (3) Each Myers-Briggs type related to a specific Personal Profile System scale over 60% of the time, and six of the sixteen MBTI types matched with a particular PPS scale over 90% of the time. (4) The high correlation of similar measurements of the two tests tends to reinforce the validity of both instruments. (5) Since the scales and dimensions of the two instruments did not correlate consistently in all measurements, the tests themselves cannot be used interchangeably. In summary, this study provided data which indicated that a statistically significant relationship exists between the measurements of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Personal Profile System, as noted within the limitations of the study. Possibilities for future research were outlined.
Identifier: 11816 (digitool), FADT11816 (IID), fau:8740 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1982.
College of Education
Subject(s): College students--Florida--Psychology
Personality tests
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