QUESTION Most Personality Quizzes Are Junk Science. I Found One That Isn’t. | FiveThirtyEight
Many people adhere to personality "types" and I've already gotten on (and off, and back on, and off...) my soapbox about the lack of scientific evidence regarding personality "types". Here's an article that goes into a bit more detail about personality traits (minus scientific jargon).
There's also a link to site run by personality research psychologists (as part of an ongoing research project) that use the Big Five to determine your personality profile, coping styles, etc. They even use your Big Five results to see what Hogwarts house you should be in ... whatever that is ... just kidding, I know what that is ... 
Disclaimer -- I know many people take personality "type" online quizzes (e.g., MBTI) for fun, but I come across many people who adhere strongly to them as a means of describing themselves, even people on this site ...
I also see other various forms of personality "type" quizzes/tests in the academia world, such as Leadership Strength Quest here at KSU (which the results reads extremely similar to a personality profile "type" ) that are given to our first-year students and the results are touted to them as a means of "guiding" them through their major courses ... I've had many students tell me they've CHANGED their majors simply based on their Strength Quest results... and then when they have re-taken the same Strength Quest test a year later, their answers have COMPLETELY changed (surprise-fucking-surprise as these tests have no reliability) ...
So it is this VERY reason these personality "types" is a soapbox of mine. Use them for fun, but that is all. 
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I'll be checking this out. Being an INTP I may not talk to everyone about it...Kidding!
Fearlessfreep
Level 7
Feb 4, 2018
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I took one of those 4 letter personality tests at work. My main objection was that there was no "you are a miserable little prick and impossible to work with" description. We had several on the team who would fit that , but yet they came up with some upbeat little picture of themselves as "challenging".
Benmonk
Level 6
Jan 8, 2018
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There are as many personality types as there are individuals. The groupings never made sense to me.
GareBear517
Level 7
Jan 5, 2018
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Appropo to any "test" that might guide singles towards "compatible" mates here has not worked so far for me.....my fantasy is to be "chosen" for marriage like Jane chose Bernie on election night victory party Mayor in Vermont. ....all my posts herein have merely entertained a few none chasing my spread of Atheist Peacock Feathers
GreenAtheist
Level 8
Jan 4, 2018
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For the ex-churched, this reminds me of the usefulness of Spiritual Gifts inventories. It's amazing how people's spiritual gifts always turned out to simply be the things they enjoyed doing already...
BackToReality
Level 6
Jan 3, 2018
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58 - Extraversion/50 - Agreeableness/40 - Conscientiousness/54 - Neuroticism/94 - Openness to Experience
It's an interesting test.
Personally, I like the MBTI because taking it every few years has lead to a valuable insight into myself. It constantly tells me that I am supposed to be an introvert, but that's not what it is really saying. It says I act like an introvert and I'm miserable and I need more people in my life and when I can honestly take the MBTI and it says I'm an extrovert, I'll probably be happy, because I'll be just a little extraverted like this test says.
DJVJ311
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Jan 3, 2018
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