The Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) and Beiderman Risk Taking (BRT) scale were administered to 58 teachers living in the state of Florida, USA. These teachers are considered part of prestigious group of educators who were nominated into the Florida League of Teachers by their superintendents/directors. Descriptive data includes frequency and percentage of response for each Type Indicator and...

Human capitals are part of a country’s wealth, and proper functioning of the society depends on the creativity of its elites and Human nature. Nowadays, managing the Elites and preventing their immigration has become one of the difficult issues faced by many organizations. In this research, a lot of effort has been put into finding out the typology of the behavior patterns of the elite using th...

Learning styles refer to how a person acquires and processes information. Identifying the learning styles of students is important because it allows more personnalized teaching. The most popular method for learning style recognition is through the use of a questionnaire. Although such an approach can correctly identify the learning style of a student, it suffers from three important limitations...

One goal of our research is to create tutorials that span the spectrum of learning styles and personality types. As previously noted, we have chosen to measure learning styles using the Felder/Solomon model and are measuring personality preferences using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). In order to gain insight into the effectiveness of the tutorials across different learning styles and ...

We examined Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) score distributions computed using itemresponse theory (IRT) to assess the generalizability of earlier bimodality reports which have been cited in support of the “type” versus “trait” view of personality. Using the BILOG IRT program to score a sample of approximately 12,000 individuals who participated in leadership development programs, θ score di...

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was administered to a group of 116 students taking the introductory chemical engineering course at North Carolina State University. That course and four subsequent chemical engineering courses were taught in a manner that emphasized active and cooperative learning and inductive presentation of course material. Type differences in various academic performan...

The knowledge of what career to specialize in could be a late discovery for adults who have traded their youthful years through several professions/vocations but found no fulfillment. On the other hand, it could be a strenuous exercise for children and youths who are exposed to different academic areas. The aim of this project is to develop a career-advisor expert system based on Myer-Briggs Pe...

This study evaluated the role of personality in the short-term outcome of alcohol/substance-use disorder patients. Detoxifying alcohol/substance-use disorder patients were administered the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ), the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST), the CAGE Questionnaire, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). These patie...