If the answer is "no," then the test or measure should not be taken seriously. ... Type-based personality tests like Myers-Briggs and similar others often fail to meet standards of good science.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a test you can take online to figure out your personality type. You answer a bunch of questions, and then you’ve given one of 16 types.

Personality tests aren’t new—an early version of the Myers-Briggs test was copyrighted in 1943—but interest in them has endured. People slap their four-letter Myers-Briggs type on their ...