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Andrews University Digital Commons @ Andrews University Dissertations Graduate Research 2008 Understanding the Relationship Between the Diligence Inventory- Higher Education Edition and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in the Admission of College Students to an Orthopaedics-Based Honors Program Michael A. Harstine Andrews University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations Part of the Education Commons, and the Orthopedics Commons Recommended Citation Harstine, Michael A., "Understanding the Relationship Between the Diligence Inventory-Higher Education Edition and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in the Admission of College Students to an Orthopaedics- Based Honors Program" (2008). Dissertations. 430. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/430 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thank you for your interest in the Andrews University Digital Library of Dissertations and Theses. Please honor the copyright of this document by not duplicating or distributing additional copies in any form without the author’s express written permission. Thanks for your cooperation. ABSTRACT UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DILIGENCE INVENTORY-HIGHER EDUCATION EDITION AND THE MYERS- BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR IN THE ADMISSION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS TO AN ORTHOPAEDICS- BASED HONORS PROGRAM by Michael A. Harstine Chair: Hinsdale Bernard Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH Dissertation Andrews University School of Education Title: UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DILIGENCE INVENTORY-HIGHER EDUCATION EDITION AND THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR IN THE ADMISSION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS TO AN ORTHOPAEDICS BASED HONORS PROGRAM Name of researcher: Michael A. Harstine Name and degree of faculty chair: Hinsdale Bernard, Ph.D. Date completed: May 2007 Problem The Orthopaedic Scholar Institute (OSI) Team realized its need for a more objective selection and admission process that, as much as possible, quantified the characteristics desired in OSI students rather than relying solely on referral perception, intuition, and an interview, but it did not have a clear method or approach to do so. Administering standardized inventories that highlighted these desired characteristics and aided in the selection and admission process seemed to be an objective approach to obtain more quantifiable data. The problem for my study was, therefore, whether the Myers- Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) alone could measure a student’s diligence and. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. subsequently, predict that student’s fit in an orthopaedic setting, or whether another objective measure would be necessary to identify these skills. Method This ex-post facto study compared the responses from freshmen in a Midwestern liberal arts college on two standardized inventories (i.e., MBTI and Diligence Inventory- Higher Education [DI-HE]). Factor Analysis was completed on the DI-HE. A one-way ANOVA was performed to determine the relationship between the responses. Results The findings yielded a relationship between the judger (“J”) and the sensor - judger (“SJ”) preferences on the MBTI, and the DI-HE. This suggests that the MBTI and the DI-HE could be used in the selection process for admission into the Orthopaedic Scholar Institute because both instruments appear to measure behaviors consistent with diligence; however, the use of the DI-HE in the selection process for OSI appears to be duplicative because of the similarity of results. Conclusions In order to conclude that the DI-HE would be a useful instrument in the selection and admission process to the Orthopaedic Scholar Institute, the findings had to demonstrate that candidates with a high level of diligence, as measured by the DI-HE, would be evenly dispersed across MBTI types. Because of the strong relationship between the DI-HE and the “J” (judger) on the MBTI, however, I concluded that the DI- HE is too similar to the MBTI in measuring diligence and should not be administered as a component of the selection process for OSI. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Andrews University School of Education UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DILIGENCE INVENTORY-HIGHER EDUCATION EDITION AND THE MYERS- BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR IN THE ADMISSION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS TO AN ORTHOPAEDICS- BASED HONORS PROGRAM A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy by Michael A. Harstine May 2007 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI Number: 3279245 INFORMATION TO USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleed-through, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. 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Harstine APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE: Chair: idale Bernard Dean, SchooîofEducation Jim Jeffery MemberTwich1.XWW . X-yXXWXX Baumgartner X^M iXXM ^UX UXWX - Member: Charles Tidwell External: Lionel Matthews Date approved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES.................................................................................................................vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.....................................................................................................vii Chapter I. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................ I Background to the Problem.................................................................... 2 Orthopaedic Scholar Institute......................................................... 5 Implementation of O S I.................................................................. 6 Statement of the Problem..........................................................................10 Purpose of Study........................................................................................ II Main Research Questions..........................................................................12 Main Hypotheses........................................................................................ 13 Rationale for the S tudy.............................................................................13 Conceptual Framework............................................................................. 14 Jung’s Theory of Psychological Type.......................................................18 Significance of Study................................................................................22 Limitations................................................................................................23 Delimitations............................................................................................. 23 Outline for the Remainder of the Dissertation........................................24 II. LITERATURE REVIEW.................................................................................. 26 Introduction................................................................................................ 26 Myers-Briggs Personality Type Inventory..............................................27 MBTI Application to College Students................................................... 28 MBTI Criticisms........................................................................................ 35 MBTI Summary........................................................................................ 36 Research on Transferable S kills ...............................................................36 Constructs Related to Diligence...............................................................43 Self-efficacy..................................................................................... 44 Personal Striving................................................................................45 Volition..............................................................................................46