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Re: Survey of Tech Writing Personality Types

Subject: Re: Survey of Tech Writing Personality Types
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 12:30:57 -0700


Michele Marques wrote:

Perhaps the classifications would be more useful if a "C" (for "centered")
were used for any score close to the center.

Another point that I didn't mention is whether the four pairs of opposites are comprehensive indicators of personality. In other words, are there other important indicators of personality not covered by the test?

The one area where I thought Andrew's survey could be improved would be to ask also how long people had been tech writers. For example, maybe most respondents with a particular classification happen to not be managers/team leaders not because of their personality type, but because they are fairly new to the field.

Along the same lines, it might be important to know what ambitions people have. In many cases, tech-writing seems to be a field for people who want a reasonably well-paying position, but, for one reason or other, have little interest in pursuing a managerial position.

Perhaps, however, that's a topic for another study.

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