16 PF
- noun
- Specialized
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16 PF
- Since its introduction, the 16PF has been used in a variety of ways, including hiring and promotion recommendations.
- using the 16 PF
Examples
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The Cattell group has produced a version of the 16PF for adolescents, and this High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ) was included here (Cattell & Cattell, 1969).
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The four factors of the 16PF questionnaire that were utilized in this study included: rule-consciousness, privateness, perfectionism, and tension.
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Each partner in a group of 72 teenage couples completed the 16PF prior to obtaining approval to marry.
Academic text (1990) -
Means and standard deviations for each of the seven 16PF variables are reported in Table 1; the values are reported separately for (a) the Stable and Unstable groups and for (b) husbands and wives within those groups.
Academic text (1990) -
The use of the MBTI, 16PF, and other personality tests could be utilized to help understand the strengths and weaknesses of the different types of personalities.
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In a similar study, Watts, Cage, Batley, and Davis (2011) administered the 16PF questionnaire to 300 student teachers at six different universities.
Academic text (2014) -
The information gathered regarding the predicted effectiveness of teachers using the MBT1 and the 16PF could be useful as districts select educators to become part of a co-teaching classroom.
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The vectors of 16PF scores for all couples were then subjected to a repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).
Academic text (1990) -
Woodwind players displayed shyness and self-sufficiency (traits associated with introversion), and brass players scored lower on the 16PF factors of intelligence and sensitivity.
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The psychologist used the 16 PF to evaluate the personality traits of job applicants during the recruitment process.
Synonyms
A standard test people fill in to measure 16 basic personality traits
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
sixteen + PF
This is a technical alphanumeric name (an acronym/label) where 'sixteen' only signals a number and 'PF' is an unexplained abbreviation; the specific meaning ‘a 16‑factor personality questionnaire’ cannot be derived from those constituents. As a proper name for a psychometric instrument, it is terminology-specific and not compositionally transparent to a B1 learner even if they know the word 'sixteen'.
Etymology
16 PF comes from the phrase '16 personality factors': the number 16 is how many traits the test looks at and the letters PF stand for 'personality factors'. So 16 PF means a short questionnaire used to find a person's main personality traits.