Agreeableness
A Big Five trait describing tendencies such as cooperation, trust, empathy, consideration, and interpersonal warmth.
Glossary
Short explanations of personality and scoring terms used across the site.
A
1 termB
1 termBig Five
A five-trait model of personality covering Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness.
C
1 termConscientiousness
A Big Five trait describing organisation, self-discipline, planning, dependability, and follow-through.
E
1 termExtraversion
A Big Five trait describing social energy, assertiveness, activity, and preference for external stimulation.
M
1 termMixed or Average Trait
A result near the middle of a trait scale, where neither direction is clearly dominant and behaviour may depend more on context.
N
1 termNeuroticism
A Big Five trait describing emotional sensitivity, worry, stress reactivity, and susceptibility to negative emotion.
O
1 termOpenness
A Big Five trait describing curiosity, imagination, interest in ideas, and receptiveness to new experiences.
P
3 termsPercentile
A comparison showing the percentage of a reference sample that scored at or below a particular result.
Personality Trait
A relatively enduring tendency in how a person typically thinks, feels, or behaves across situations.
Provisional Percentile
An early percentile estimate based on configured comparison data that may change as the reference sample improves.
R
2 termsReference Sample
The comparison group used to interpret a score and estimate where it sits relative to other results.
Response Scale
The set of answer choices used for a question, such as a five-point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree.
S
4 termsSLOAN
A compact five-letter summary derived from the directions of the five Big Five traits, such as RCOEI.
SLOAN+
An extended SLOAN notation that also shows tendency strength, using uppercase, lowercase, and x for mixed results.
Standard Deviation
A statistical measure of how spread out scores are around their average within a comparison sample.
Standard Score
A score expressed as distance from the comparison sample average, measured in standard deviations.
T
2 termsTrait Score
The numerical result calculated from answers associated with a particular personality trait.
Trait Spectrum
A continuous scale between two broad trait directions rather than a set of fixed personality boxes.
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