Yup many questions were repetitive especially those about grades and school. Sometimes the answers weren't mutually exclusive and I wanted to click both. But most of those fancy psycho tests are dumb.
To be honest, questions are supposed to be repetitive, asking the same thing framed several ways for accuracy. Questionnaires are actually a very solved and mature technology because of their importance to governance and politics as you can infer insane amounts of very accurate data from one. Like, I've seen a sociologist working with them at uni, taking a dozen or so random ass questions like favorite foods, what sort of car you drive, age you lost your virginity and other shit and making
very accurate predictions of what political parties you'd support on and what are the chances you'd actually get off your ass and vote, just by inferring your social strata, preferences and issues out of statistical cold reading and finding unexpected correlations There is a certain method of constructing them well though, and this was absurdly amateurish. The questions were non-applicable half the time, which is the biggest failure possible when making a questionnaire, cause it means the taker will just fill it with random shit, ie. statistical noise.
the problem with these tests is that because they're taken online most of them are done by an introverted type, meaning the MATI suddenly becomes a 8 choice personality test with the vast majority all having the same personality.
Less of a problem and more like, working perfectly as intended, showing strong, repeatable correlation. Personality traits clustering on jobs, interests, habits, even cultures is nothing new. There's also a lot of bullshit and unspoken loaded expectations about the nerd horoscope. Like, most people expect it unconsciously to be an equal spread, that every single one has a similar percentage and they are all equally valuable, which is just haha, no. Depending on the subject pool, the top 4-6 traits take up 50% and the top 2 traits can take up as much as 30%. Described as:
ESFJ (Extraverted, Sensing, Feeling, Judging) is a Myers-Briggs personality type known as "The Consul" or "The Caregiver," characterized by being outgoing, warm, organized, loyal, and people-focused, thriving on helping others practically and building harmony, but can struggle with criticism and a need for approval, often excelling in supportive careers like teaching or nursing.
ISFJ stands for Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, Judging, a personality type in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) system, known as "The Protector" or "Defender," characterized by warm-hearted, responsible, and detail-oriented individuals who focus on practical needs, value harmony, and serve others quietly. They are dependable, observant, and enjoy creating structured, supportive environments, but may struggle with asserting their own needs or being overlooked
You can immediately recognize as heckin wholesome descriptions of FUKKEN NORMIEEEES, emotional, dependent, consensus drones who live in the moment and need constant positive reinforcement but are actually spineless lemmings, incapable of providing the same structure or support to others.
You can immediately contrast this with INTJ+ENTJ, which make up 2-4% of the population together, but up to 50% or more in leadership position. Of course, its not hecking wholesome to say that some personalities are bipolar bitches and redditors by default and some others are born for leadership, so many conclusions to draw from the raw data are left as a fun exercise to the reader. Corpo faggots of course, overvalue this one too and in an absolute classical corpo move stat treating the measure as the goal, as just being an ENTJ child does not make you a golden god of humanity on its own, nor pretending to be the right nerd horoscope either.
) it actually described me well. No real slam-downs, I guess I just gotta work at avoiding a Nick Rekieta mid-life crisis...
