Scientific American published a study comparing the accuracy of personality tests, showing the Big Five test outperforms Myers-Briggs and astrology. The study found the Big Five test to be about twice as accurate as the MBTI-style test, positioning MBTI halfway between science and astrology.
Calling all well-versed astrologers and people who know them: we'd love your help with a scientific test of astrology we're planning to conduct! Here's the background: A while ago, we ran a test of sun sign astrology where we attempted to use zodiac signs (as well as… https://t.co/7a9x48MlaG
"On average, the Big Five test was about twice as accurate as the MBTI-style test for predicting life outcomes, placing the usefulness of the MBTI-style test halfway between science and astrology—literally." https://t.co/fOzV3CGdpu
Myers-Briggs *is* better than horoscopes, I knew it https://t.co/H2FnXGTxkK https://t.co/QxbpXgM7oM
We published a piece in Scientific American today on how accurate (or inaccurate) different personality tests are! Here's a lovely chart that they made for the article based on our study results (attached). Link to the article is below: https://t.co/rM0zEehWmG
A popular personality test beats out astrology but trails far behind scientific measure of personal traits https://t.co/3aRQ82NDmO
This is a delightful test of personality tests' ability to predict people's outcomes, ranking Big Five tests, Myers-Briggs tests ... and astrology https://t.co/PkfNetbqJK on @SciAm