This was about as scientific as a magazine survey, but what the hey...
Sample: one class of public university sophomores majoring in Chinese
SSize: 38 unique and valuable individuals, 35 of whom attended today, 31 of whom allowed that their supposed MBTI type be recorded.
Results:
Type--no. of individuals reporting--as a percentage of the class--(vs supposed normal percentage in a population)
ENFJ--2--6.5---( 2.5 )
ENFP--4--12.9--( 8.1 )
ENTJ--1--3.2---( 1.8 )
ENTP--1--3.2---( 3.2 )
ESFJ--0--0-----( 12.3)
ESFP--1--3.2---( 8.5 )
ESTJ--0--0-----( 8.7 )
ESTP--0--0-----( 4.3 )
INFJ--4--12.9--( 1.5 )
INFP--3--9.7---( 4.4 )
INTJ--0--0-----( 2.1 )
INTP--2--6.5---( 3.3 )
ISFJ--5--16.1--( 13.8 )
ISFP--4--12.9--( 8.8 )
ISTJ--2--6.5---( 11.6)
ISTP--2--6.5---( 5.4 )
if this were at all scientific (it's not), the INTJ isn't noticeably absent, but having zero ESTJs and not even one ESFJ looks special, as does somehow finding 4 INFJs in one place, one of them a male.
Dunno if any of the other stats look special... whaddya think?
These typings are all self-declared. The students read through a quick and dirty summary of MBTI categories (functions, attitudes, whatever they're called) as copied below, and then checked their supposed result against capsule summaries stuck up on the wall as 16 info-posters, so the post-"test" check was a mingle. The capsule summaries were as found at
www.personalitypage.com/high-level.html. Also included on the posters were the "xxxx tends to be" summaries found at
http://www.personalitytype.com/index.html.
The whole thing kinda wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. Before class I tested the readings and ideas on an ENFP and an ENFJ I know, and they both said it'd be interesting, but maybe that was just their ENF talking.
What do you like...?(as comped from
People Types and Tiger Stripes, third edition and typeset so much better on a damn two page document that took me a week to prepare with pretty pictures and eye pleasing type...)
E likes action and variety
E likes to do mental work by talking to people
E acts quickly, sometimes without much reflection.
E likes to see how other people do a job, and likes to see results.
E wants to know what other people expect of him or her.
I likes time and quiet to consider things.
I likes to do mental work privately before talking.
I may be slow to try something without understanding it first.
I likes to understand the idea of a job, and to work alone or with just a few people.
I wants to set his or her own standards.
s pays most attention to experience as it is.
S likes to use eyes and ears and other senses to find out what’s happening.
S dislikes new problems unless earlier experience shows how to solve them.
S enjoys using skills already learned more than learning new ones.
S is patient with details but impatient when the details get complicated.
N pays attention to the meaning of facts and how they fit together.
N likes to use imagination to come up with new ways to do things, new possibilities.
N likes solving new problems and dislikes doing the same thing over and over.
N likes using new skills more than practicing old ones.
N is impatient with details but doesn’t mind complicated situations.
T likes to decide things using logic.
T wants to be treated with justice and fair play.
T may forget and hurt other people’s feelings without knowing it.
T gives more attention to ideas or things than to human relationships.
T can get along with little harmony.
F likes to decide things using personal feelings and human values.
F likes praise, and likes to please people, even in small matters.
F is usually very aware of other people’s feelings.
F can predict how others will feel.
F values harmony; feels unsettled by arguments and conflicts.
J likes to make a plan, to have things settled and decided ahead.
J tries to make things come out the way they “ought to be”.
J likes to finish one project before starting another.
J usually has mind made up.
J may decide things too quickly.
J wants to be right.
J lives by standards and schedules that are not easily changed.
P likes to stay flexible and avoid fixed plans.
P deals easily with unplanned and unexpected happenings.
P likes to start many projects but may have trouble finishing them all.
P is usually looking for new information.
P may decide things too slowly.
P wants to miss nothing.
P lives by making changes to deal with problems as they come along.
Next class: surreptitious DNA samples.