NationStates Jolt Archive

back in November last year i posted a thread called "the big NS personality survey! (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=505434&highlight=personality)" and shortly after totally forgot about it...

well, remembering now, following the census (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=531078) thread, i thought i'd share some results with y'all. better late than never ;)


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first of all, it was fairly clear that the majority of NS posters taking part in the survey were of an introverted type, with 72% containing an I indicator and just 28% with an E.
http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image001.gif

it was also fairly clear that NSG has something of a left-wing bias, with 48% claiming to be Left-wing Libertarian, 6% Left-wing Authoritarian; 22% Right-wing Libertarian, 4% Right-wing Authoritarian; and 20% Centrist.

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image013.gif



i tried to find some kind of correlation between personality type and political leaning. however i'm not sure if there was anything conclusive. from my observations right-wingers tended to have more of a Judging trait compared to left-wingers' Percieving trait, but that' just from glancing at the charts:

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image002.gif

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image003.gif

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image004.gif

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image005.gif

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image006.gif


second post to follow (just a few more charts)
edit: apologies for the horrible colours on the graphs.... eew...

the following show how the political types differ in their personality make-up against the average accross the survey

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image007.gif

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image008.gif

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image009.gif

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image010.gif

http://www.hlj.me.uk/NS/personalitysurvey/image011.gif


any thoughts? :)



edit: and before anyone asks, no i am not going to resize the images. if they're breaking your frames, get a better resolution ;)
oh, and the sample size was 210 after i took out duplicates

According to Keirsey, ISTJs, or "Inspector Guardians", are plain-spoken, plain-living people who dedicate themselves to making sure that things and people are as they're meant to be. They are detail-oriented, honorable and honest, with a tendency to speak seldom and mean everything they say. They are characterized by their reliability.
34% of Right-Wing Authoritarians are ISTJ on this forum. They're making sure things and people are as they are meant to be, whatever the cost...:)
On a more serious note, I have a question about the second set of graphs; I'm not sure I understand. Would a percent difference of positive 5% for a personality type mean that out of those people, say, 40% were of that political leaning, opposed to 35% in the total forum?

I've come to the conclusion that these graphs clearly show that you have too much time on your hands :p

34% of Right-Wing Authoritarians are ISTJ on this forum. They're making sure things and people are as they are meant to be, whatever the cost...:)
On a more serious note, I have a question about the second set of graphs; I'm not sure I understand. Would a percent difference of positive 5% for a personality type mean that out of those people, say, 40% were of that political leaning, opposed to 35% in the total forum?

lol that's exactly why i wanted to do this research. i assume a lot of things about people with different political leanings, so its interesting to investigate if there's any truth there :p

but to answer your question: yes, thats exactly what it means. if its +5% (for example) then that type is 5% more prevalent for the political group than over the whole forum. just an easy way of seeing whether the political groups have any strong characteristics, i guess.

I've come to the conclusion that these graphs clearly show that you have too much time on your hands :p

lol! this is kinda like what i do for (part of) my job, so its not that bad ;)

It broke my browser window! I demand a refund! :p

lol! this is kinda like what i do for (part of) my job, so its not that bad ;)

you must have a bitching Geometry set.

you must have a bitching Geometry set.

don't forget the crayons :)

Nice one PM! Shame I can't remember what I came out of the test as...:p

Nice one PM! Shame I can't remember what I came out of the test as...:p

well you can look it up here http://www.hlj.me.uk/NSpersonalityresults.htm just search for yerself :)

well you can look it up here http://fp.farma.org.uk/Huw%27s%20stuff/NSpersonality/NSpersonalityform.htm just search for yerself :)

Well I'll be jiggered. ENTJ it was, then.

I'm afraid i've already forgotten what the hell this was suppose to be about.

More performance intensive != better

whatever.

It would've helped if i actually had a personality.

Could we get the breakdown by Personality Type, rather than by Political persuasion? That might be a bit more telling, and allow for easier analysis.

Interesting. You have been down as being ISFP. I did the test again just now and I came out as INTP. I think the middle two vary considerably depending upon my mood, but I will always be introverted and percieving no matter what.

I also noticed that quite a few people have several entries. Like Pure Metal himself has three entries alone.

It was also interesting to look at how everyone described themselves in terms of politics. Like Compulsive Depression was a centrist. And WYTYG describes herself as Left-wing Authoritarian. That really threw me. But I guess I just don't understand why anyone wouldn't describe themselves as libertarian. I don't care to much if people describe themselves as left-wing, right-wing, somewhere inbetween or some where else entirely, but if you're not libertarian then I'll probably stop and gawk at you...

I also noticed that quite a few people have several entries. Like Pure Metal himself has three entries alone.

well i removed duplicates by IP address before analysing it :)

It was also interesting to look at how everyone described themselves in terms of politics. Like Compulsive Depression was a centrist. And WYTYG describes herself as Left-wing Authoritarian. That really threw me. But I guess I just don't understand why anyone wouldn't describe themselves as libertarian. I don't care to much if people describe themselves as left-wing, right-wing, somewhere inbetween or some where else entirely, but if you're not libertarian then I'll probably stop and gawk at you...

i wanted to base it on the political compass quadrants (y'know, upper left, lower left, upper right, lower right and middle) cos everyone knows that. but i'd have to agree with you :P

Could we get the breakdown by Personality Type, rather than by Political persuasion? That might be a bit more telling, and allow for easier analysis.

not yet, no :p
there's 16 types there, so its a lot more work to analyse it that way ;)

not yet, no :p
there's 16 types there, so its a lot more work to analyse it that way ;)

Yeah, but it provides more specific information on what to expect from each psychological subtype. The question has peaked my curiousity. :p

If the list you gave is complete, I'll take a shot at compiling numbers.

Yeah, but it provides more specific information on what to expect from each psychological subtype. The question has peaked my curiousity. :p

If the list you gave is complete, I'll take a shot at compiling numbers.

you may as well just have the excel file i've been working off:)

(attached)

Interesting results, though I can't say that I'm surprised by them. The majority results were exactly what I thought they would be.

In your face, authoritarians.

not yet, no :p
there's 16 types there, so its a lot more work to analyse it that way ;)How do you have the data stored? My would have been that it should be fairly easy to pop out that infomation. You were able to filter by IP address after all...

With regards to the PC quadrants, I probably would have asked people if they LW, centrist or RW and then Libertarian, centrist or Authoritarian, and then collate the infomation as I needed it.

you may as well just have the excel file i've been working off:)

(attached)

Thanks

you may as well just have the excel file i've been working off:)

(attached)excel... oh christ... please don't tell you did that all by hand... don't you have Access or some other database program?

edit:... you seem to know a fair bit more about excel than I do... woah.

excel... oh christ... please don't tell you did that all by hand... don't you have Access or some other database program?

yeah i do, but access and i don't get along well :(

it only took about 20 minutes to do this afternoon (and another 10 for the graphs)

it was originally a csv. what kind of database would you make of it if you don't mind me asking? cos i am eager to learn (but access just confuses the hell out of me :P)

You seem to do alright with excel.

The only trouble I had was with creating the tables I have made in the attached xls.

In a good database program such tables would take seconds to produce.

The great thing about a database program is that it also allows to input a larger amount of data, but still make sense of it much more easily. In that you could pull out all the graphs you made and the tables I made from form2 without the need for the creation of the three further forms you made.

edit: Like the COUNTIF function. You only seem to able to use that for one range and one criteria at a time. Which meant it took a me a little longer on how to figure out how to make the tables I made.

Don't ask me to teach you anything about Access as my database knowledge lies with a program called SPSS (comes with a 333 page manual :() and not Access.

I'm a bit tired now. I might be able to dicusss this more eloquently after some coffee.

edit2: the advantage of the table I made is that you use excel to create any possible chart from that table. You don't have to faff about recreating values or tables or anything. eg. you can create charts that show politcs as percentage within personality and personality as a percentage within politics. You can also use it to create charts to compare the difference in personality between authoritarians and libertarians and so on. Frequency tables are very useful. *nod*

Whoa, nice thread. I guess this proves...eh, I don't know. Very nice and colorful though!

This is cool, I think I am already noticing some differences but I want to type on it some time when it isn't 2 in the morning.

NSG has a liberal bias?

http://www.esreality.com/files/placeimages/2006/41920-cat.5.jpg

:p