title: Personality types as measured by the 16 PF.
abstract: The possibility of isolating personality types using 16 PF profiles was studied by utilizing a Q-type factor analytic procedure. Four modal profiles, characteristic of major clusters of subjects, were derived and cross validated. These four major types successfully classified approximately 2/3 of the 16 PF protocols (n = 1037), and classified similar proportions of previously published profiles. Variation of classification rates as a function of race and sex was described, and strategies for utilizing the profiles for research and interpretive purposes were outlined.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri--St. Louis, Dept. of Psychology, 63121, USA.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Kabacoff