MBTI Manual Supplements

MBTI® Manual Supplements Series for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments


Here you will find information on the MBTI® Manual Supplements Series which accompanies the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments (4th edition). The MBTI® Global Assessment was based on a combined sample of 16,733 participants, and the supplements below provide detailed information about each of the samples, including psychometric data and sample descriptions.

Full details on the construction of the assessments, their reliability and validity can be found in the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments (4th edition)


About the Global Step I™ and Step II™ assessments

The MBTI® Global Step I™ and Step II™ questionnaires represent the latest versions of the instrument. They are based upon a single set of global data with a common set of items; this means that the same questionnaire can be taken all over the world. The MBTI® Global Assessment was based on a combined sample of 16,733 participants. The sample included 9,002 women and 7,771 men. The average age of the sample was 41, with ages ranging from 15 to 88 years. Full details on the construction of the assessments, their reliability and validity can be found in the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments (4th edition).


MBTI® Manual Supplements Series

Twenty-three individual samples were compiled and included in the Global Step I™ and Global Step II™ assessments. Within the 23 samples, data were collected in 19 languages and in 20 countries. The MBTI® Manual Supplements Series provide detailed information about each of the samples included in the global research, including psychometric data and sample descriptions.


Supplement table

Country
Language
Supplement
Australia
North American English
Australia (North American English) supplement to the MBTI® manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ assessments
Canada
Canadian French
Canada (Canadian French) supplement to the MBTI® manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ assessments
Canada
North American English
Canada (North American English) supplement to the MBTI® manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ assessments
China
Simplified Chinese
China (Simplified Chinese) supplement to the MBTI® manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ assessments
China
Traditional Chinese
China (Traditional Chinese) supplement to the MBTI® manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ assessments
Germany
German
Germany (German) supplement to the MBTI® manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Ireland
European English
Ireland (European English) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Mexico
Latin American Spanish
Mexico (Latin American Spanish) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Netherlands
Dutch
Netherlands (Dutch) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
South Africa
Afrikaans
South Africa (Afrikaans) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
South Africa
North American English
South Africa (North American English) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
United Kingdom
European English
United Kingdom (European English) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
United States
North American English
United States (North American English) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
France
French
France (European French) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Spain
European Spanish
Spain (European Spanish) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Brazil
Brazilian Portuguese
Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Denmark
Danish
Denmark (Danish) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Finland
Finnish
Finland (Finnish) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Italy
Italian
Italy (Italian) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Sweden
Swedish
Sweden (Swedish) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Norway
Norwegian
Norway (Norwegian) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Portugal
European Portuguese
Portugal (European Portuguese) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Greece
Greek
Greece (Greek) supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments

MBTI® Manual Technical Briefs

Data using the global research version of the assessment were also collected in Indonesia (Indonesian), Israel (Hebrew), Japan (Japanese), Poland (Polish), Russia (Russian), South Korea (Korean), Thailand (Thai), and Turkish. For a variety of reasons these data were not included in the global sample. They are however addressed in the technical briefs for each of the samples.


Country
Language
Technical Brief
Indonesia
Indonesian
Indonesia (Indonesian) Technical Brief for the MBTI® Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Japan
Japanese
Japan (Japanese) Technical Brief for the MBTI® Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Poland
Polish
Poland (Polish) Technical Brief for the MBTI® Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Russia
Russian
Russia (Russian) Technical Brief for the MBTI® Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Turkey
Turkish
Turkey (Turkish) Technical Brief for the MBTI® Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Thailand
Thai
Thailand (Thai) Technical Brief for the MBTI® Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
Israel
Hebrew
Isreal (Hebrew) Technical Brief for the MBTI® Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
South Korea
Korean
South Korea (Korean) Technical Brief for the MBTI® Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments
United States
English
US (English) LGBTQ Population Technical Brief for the MBTI® Global Step I™ Assessment