The Relationship Between Personality Type and Choice of College Major May 2001

Melissa Pollock The Relationship Between Personality Type and Choice of College Major May 2001 Dr. John Kianderman and Dr. Roberta Dihoff School Psychology The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between personality type and choice of college major. Twenty-six students in Psychology and thirty students in Engineering majors were used in this study to determine if there was a statistically significant difference in personality types with regard to major. The subjects were administered the Keirsey Temperament Sorter-Il to determine their personality type and the Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient was used to analyze the data. Results indicated that no relationship was found between personality type and major or type and sex. However, there was a significant relationship found between sex and major.