Answer quickly, and when in doubt go with your first instinct. Count the number of a's and the number of b's and place those totals in the correct place below. Remember this is only an inventory not an absolute measure. But as they become more familiar with the dimension combinations, they may feel as though they can break their tie. Test takers should be given the opportunity to process the results of their inventory and its implications.
Facilitators have several options after inventories have been completed.
The degree to which any individual would want to help test takers make sense of cognitive type and its implications would depend on their comfort with the material and the theory. Compare cognitive type to left or right handedness. Just as we were more inclined to use one hand or the other, we are more comfortable using one preference or another. Take each dimension one at a time, and explain the two sides. Beginning with introversion and extroversion.