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Peer reviewedDouglass, Frazier M.; Douglass, Robin – Family Relations, 1994
Authors of 1993 article on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) respond to article by Sherman and Jones (1994) concerning 1993 article. Addresses nine points raised by Sherman and Jones. Concludes that MBTI holds considerable promise as tool in therapy. (NB)
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Reader Response, Test Use, Test Validity
Peer reviewedSherman, Ruth G.; Jones, Jane Hardy – Family Relations, 1994
Responds to "The Validity of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for Predicting Expressed Marital Problems" (Douglass and Douglass, 1993). Addresses three contentions from earlier article concerning tendency to marry same type, tendency of similar types to have fewer marital problems, and use of opposite type scores on each preference to…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Marriage, Mate Selection, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedPittenger, David J. – Journal of Career Planning and Employment, 1993
Considers problems with use of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Presents brief history of MBTI and brief theory of type. Examines MBTI's statistical structure, reliability, and validity. Concludes that MBTI does not conform to many basic standards expected of psychological tests. (NB)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Evaluation Problems, Labeling (of Persons), Personality Measures
Sewall, Timothy J. – 1986
This paper addresses the issue of whether four of the learning styles instruments currently available are of sufficient psychometric quality to warrant their continued use either for research or educational purposes. Four instruments, which purport to measure learning styles, were selected for review. Criteria for selection were based in part on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedPittenger, David J. – Review of Educational Research, 1993
The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is evaluated using a unified view of test validity that requires that validity be considered from an approach requiring many sources of corroboration. A review of available literature suggests insufficient evidence to support the tenets and claims about the utility of the MBTI. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Counseling, Educational Assessment, Ethics
Rule, David L.; Grippin, Pauline C. – 1988
Theoretical framework, instrument development, and psychometric qualities are reviewed for some measures of learning style currently in use with adults. Instruments reviewed include: (1) Kolb's Learning Style Inventory I; (2) Kolb's Learning Style Inventory II; (3) the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; (4) the Productivity Environmental Preferences…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style


