Randy Stein

Randy Stein

Randy Stein is a researcher and first author of the 2019 Social and Personality Psychology Compass paper evaluating Myers-Briggs type theory against agreement with data, testability and internal consistency.

Who they are

The work of Randy Stein reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Types Versus Traits.

Key papers

Stein, R., & Swan, A. B. (2019). Evaluating the validity of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator theory: A teaching tool and window into intuitive psychology. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 13(2), e12434. What it reports: A teaching reference that evaluates the theory behind the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator against agreement with data, testability and internal consistency, and discusses what its popularity says about how the public thinks about personality.

Key ideas

Types Versus Traits: Two ways of describing personality: sorting people into separate kinds, or placing them at a point on continuous dimensions.

Sources

  1. Stein, R., & Swan, A. B. (2019). Evaluating the validity of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator theory: A teaching tool and window into intuitive psychology. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 13(2), e12434.