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But, like a lot of the study's findings, that's not

Jan. 14, 2019 by Ella Pickett

But, like a lot of the study's findings, that's not a really good analogy. In fact, the data in this study aren't even remotely representative of the population in which they were performed. It's an analysis of the data from the most recent Gallup survey of people, which the data team has released over the past few years—which is to say, not representative of the general population at large. In other words, it doesn't even contain the people in question. The data are scattered throughout the country, but none of them have quite the breadth that we know.

It's difficult to pin down exactly which of these clusters are the most prominent, but the team's findings are striking: the highest levels of personality type appear in large numbers in the United States.

It may seem that there's less of a distinction to be made here. As we've seen in recent years, the vast majority of people in the United States tend to be people of low social class. But that's not what this study says. The findings of this research are interesting because they seem to support Revelle's view that personality types are not representative of the very, very American population at large.

And that's the problem. The results of this study seem to support Revelle's view. People of a lower social class tend to be more likely to express low-information personality types. People of higher social class tend to be more likely to express more low-information personality types. This seems to be the point at which Revelle's research suggests that the general population is quite different from the vast majority of people in most areas—and is, at least in part, simply not representative of what we are.

What happens if you take the most recent data set of people? What happens if you take the most recent data set of people? The data that are collected now show that most of the people in this study are at least moderately high social class. But this is not the case for everyone.

The data that are collected now show that most of the people in this study are at least moderately high social class. But this is not the case for everyone. The same goes for people of different social classes.