From: scythe@hardy.u.washington.edu (The Grim Reaper)
Newsgroups: alt.psychology.personality
Subject: Re: A Poll, Heaven Forbid, of All the Readers of This Newsgroup
Date: 5 Jan 93 05:26:20 GMT
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In article <1993Jan4.234718.2561@netcom.com> noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) writes:
>Hello,
>
>I originally posted this a while ago for the reasons that will be outlined
>below.  Using the data from the first go around, I put together some
>interesting statistics of the distribution of MBTI types, which is attached

[ 8< SNIP! 8< ]

>=============================================================================
>
>From: noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)
>Subject: Preliminary Poll Results (Move the group, Myers-Briggs type)
>
>Hello,

[ SNIP! ]

>Now for what we've all been waiting for, the results for question two, which
>asked what Myers-Briggs type you were.  Out of the 43, 39 stated what they
>believed their type to be, 2 did not know, and 2 did not care to know (they
>weren't into the MBTI system or did not believe in it).
>
>First let me present the tally for the four scales:
>
>I vs. E:  I (27),  E(8),  X(4)
>
>N vs. S:  N (34),  S(2),  X(3)
>
>T vs. F:  T (30),  F(7),  X(2)
>
>P vs. J:  P (21),  J(16),  X(2)
>
>
>Second, the tally for the four main types:  NT (25);  NF (7);  SJ (1);  SP(1)
>The total does not add up to 39 because the reported 'X' preferences were not
>counted.
>
>
>Some Analysis
>*************
>
>It is very clear that the "average" reader who replied to my poll has the
>composite MBTI score of INTX (the slightly larger number of P vs. J is not
>deemed to be statistically significant).  What is striking is the
>preponderance of INT's compared to the general population.  In the general
>population:  E's comprise 75% while I's are at 25%;  S's comprise 75% while
>N's are at 25%;  T's vs. F's are about split 50-50;  and J's vs. P's are
>likewise split 50-50.  Thus, in the general population, INT's comprise only
>about 6%, but here it is just about 50% (from the original data not reported
>here).
>
>Extrapolating this data to all regular readers of this newsgroup is, of
>course, somewhat risky, since those that did not reply *may* score, in
>aggregate, different on the four scales, particularly the N vs. S and
>T vs. F scales.
>
>
>So, there's what I got so far.  Now I turn it over to you NT's to analyze
>and dissect it to your hearts content.  I look forward to the discussion.
>
>Jon Noring
I'll try.  First of all, your survery doesn't actually represent college
students/employees in general- it only represents those who use the computer.
These people, at least those that I know, are FAR more likely to
be introverts.  You can explain this anyway you want.  I'd suggest that
they have nothing better to do =)  You can also explain the high NT rating
by noting that this is a computers-only sample.  As one of those other messages
mentioned, hackers tend to be NTs themselves.  So really, this is
only as representative as people that respond.  All this is also
not considering the sort of people that would read this newsgroup (ie,
people that wonder about themselves and are fairly curious, yes?)

>
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>
>-- 
>
>Charter Member of the INFJ Club.
>
>Now, if you're just dying to know what INFJ stands for, be brave, e-mail me,
>and I'll send you some information.  It WILL be worth the inquiry, I think.
>
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