Originally Posted by Paul39
Tests aren't validated by anecdotes of how well the results appear to match individuals. It requires large samples and proper controls. The fact that you believe it is useful indicates how successfully it has been marketed.

When my job involved the purchase or contracting of various tests, I rejected any marketing that was supported by testimonials. I wanted to see the actual validation studies.

Tests like this do make for interesting discussions as in group meetings, but the problem arises when they are given too much credence and are used for such purposes as making hiring decisions.


+1

marginally useful exercise to get people to think about the fact that what they think of as reality is flavored by aspects of their own personality, and the same is true for everyone else.

It immediately goes off the rails (IME) when almost everyone seizes it as a reason they are right.


Originally Posted by jorgeI
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....