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The inability of the MBTI to measure either the positive or negative associations beyond the mere selection of one trait over the other are its most serious limitations in the context of making them inappropriate for certain types of applications. To illustrate by example, a forced-choice test that requires the subject to select from the choice between "extravert" and "introvert" cannot distinguish between an individual who is more extraverted than introverted but only by a small margin and an individual who is tremendously extraverted.
Misuse for Employee Selection and Narrow Categorization of Coworkers
The most typical misuse of the MBTI is in connection with the initial employee candidate selection process. Typical example of undesirable consequences attributable to misuse...
In addition, because the most desirable answers are fairly obvious with respect to different types of employment, candidates familiar with the MBTI could easily manipulate their answers during the candidate evaluation process if the test is misused for that purpose.
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