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- From: sandilands@hg.uleth.ca
- Subject: Re: Briggs MyersKeywords:
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.002709.17435@honte.uleth.ca>
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- Organization: University of Lethbridge
- References: <24045@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:27:09 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <24045@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>, dhaggard@hughes.Sgi.COM (Dana Haggard)
- writes:
-
- >Hi all,
- >
- >I was hoping someone might be able to direct me to information on the Briggs-
- >Myers Personality testing or other of the like. Can you tell me if you are
- >tested once do results illustrate consistancy over time? Can anyone direct
- >me to where the testing might be available?
- >....
-
- This test was discussed on a listserv just last week. Here's what I thought to
- be the best comment:
-
- A recent evaluation
- by a group from National Academy of Sciences (?) for the US Army
- pointed out that not only was the test neither reliable nor valid
- but that it was also a VERY lucrative business for the company
- that provides the forms and then scores them. The company wants
- you to just give it a try or use it as an icebreaker because
- they make money. The score report that is sent back to individuals
- is the height of newspaper astrology--"You like being with people
- but occasionally want to be alone."
-
-
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