According to the following research from Google Answer, INTJ is not only not the most common MBPI type, it's the second rarest. Where did you get the idea that INTJ was the most common type?
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I found the percentages at "The Center for Applications of
Psychological Type." (CAPT)
ISTJ: 12-16%
ISFJ: 10-13%
INFJ: 2-3%
INTJ: 3-4%
ISTP: 5-7%
ISFP: 5-7%
INFP: 4-5%
INTP: 5-6%
ESTP: 5-7%
ESFP: 6-9%
ENFP: 6-8%
ENTP: 4-7%
ESTJ: 10-12%
ESFJ: 10-12%
ENFJ: 3-5%
ENTJ: 3-5%
The website also breaks these numbers down for Male and Female
Americans.
http://www.capt.org/The_MBTI_Instrum...requencies.cfm
CAPT was co-founded by Isabel Briggs Myers, the author of the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, and Mary H. McCaulley, Ph.D
(
http://www.capt.org/About_CAPT/Home.cfm )
Presumably, these statistics are from the paper of the same name,
cited elsewhere (
http://www.capt.org/Using_Type/Education.cfm ) as
"Estimated Frequencies of the Types in the United States Population"
by Charles R. Martin, 1996
Developed by Mary H. McCaulley
Published by Center for Applications of Psychological Type, Inc.
2815 N.W. 13th Street, Suite 401
Gainesville, Florida 32609.
Toll Free 800.777.2278
Copyright 1998
(Charles R. Martin, Ph.D. is the Vice President of Research and
Development at CAPT.)
Additional Links:
An explanation of the different types can be found here.
http://www.capt.org/Using_Type/Education.cfm
Search Strategy:
Myers-Briggs percentage "United States"
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=Myers%2DBriggs+per centage+"United+States"
"Charles R. Martin" CAPT
http://www.google.com/search?num=20&...R.+Martin"+CAPT
"Estimated Frequencies of the Types in the United States Population"
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q="Estimated+Frequen cies+of+the+Types+in+the+United+States+Population" <br />
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