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InvestigatingapotentialcorrelationbetweenPersonalitytypesandperceived
Productivenesswithinagamedevelopmentenvironment.

ImportantLink:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Olobmvfa5AipqYNT4If7mbMDnn7b7VaoEyQ9uHD
wkkM/edit?usp=sharing

Thisisthedatabaseofinformationforthestudybelow.Thereisabreakdownofeachpageof
thedatabasefurtherdownthisdocument.Themostimportantpageisthetabcalled
Analysiscolourcodedorangeforeasiernavigation.Thisiswheretheimportantinformation
gatheredinthestudyisvisualised.

Aswithanylongitudinaldesignmethodology,itisimportanttofigurethespecificsoutbefore
thestudybegins.Thisistoensurethatanyeffortinobtaininginformationisntwastedbythe
discoveryofissuesorproblemswiththeexperimentdesignorthemethodology.Forthis
reason,ItookalotoftimeatthebeginningoftheprojecttoensureIwasinvestingmytime
intosomethingthatcouldbeconsideredalegitimatestudyefficacy,reliability,validitywere
the3mainpointstoconsider.

ThenextpointtoconsiderwashowwasIgoingtovalidatethestudy.Thenextstepwasto
researchappropriatepersonalitytypestoobtainagoodpersonalityportfolioofeach
participant.Iresearchedseveraldifferentpersonalitytests,buttheonethatstoodouttome
themostforthepurposesofthestudy,wastheMyersBriggspersonalitytest.Originally
createdduringWartimetorecruitWomenintotheworkforce,theMyersBriggspersonalitytest
utilisedalargearrayofquestionstofitacandidateinto1of2categoriesineachofthefour
personalityareas:

Introverted/Extroverted
Sensing/iNtuitive
Thinking/Feeling
Perceiving/Judging

AcopyofthepersonalitytestthatIutilisedcanbefoundatthebottomofthis
document.

Ithoughtthistestwouldbeperfectinisolatinganypotentialpatternsortrendsasitcoversa
lotofpersonalitytraits.NowthatIknewwhattestIwouldusetoverifytheparticipant's
individualpersonalitycharacteristics,Ineededtoworkonobtaininginformationforthesecond
partofthestudy,theperceivedproductivity.

BecauseIneededtoquantifywhatwouldhavebeenconsideredassubjective,qualitative
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data,IdecidedthatIneededtogettheparticipantstoanswerthefollowingfourquestions
onascaleof110.

Question1
:Onthefollowingscale,with1beingthelowestvalueand10beingthehighest,
howproductivedoyoufeelyouhavebeenthisweek?

Question2
:Onthefollowingscale,with1beingthelowestvalueand10beingthehighest,
howproductivedoyoufeelyourteamhasbeenthisweek?

Question3
:Onthefollowingscale,with1beingthelowestvalueand10beingthehighest,
howhappyareyouwithyourworkthisweek?

Question4
:Onthefollowingscale,with1beingthelowestvalueand10beingthehighest,
howhappydoyoufeelthisweek?

Thehighlightedcoloursrepresentthecoloursthatareassignedtoeachquestionwhen
analysingtheinformationvisually.

Fig.1:Anexampleofthequestionsheetsused.

UndereachofthequestionswasaLikertscalerangingfrom110.Becausethestudyis
longitudinalbasedonarepeatedmeasuresdesign,participantswouldcompletetheformona
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weeklybasis,allowingmetracktheprogressovertime.

NowthatIknewwhatIwantedtotestandthemethodologyIwouldimplementinordertotest
it,IapproachedtwoJunior/SeniorGameDevelopmentgroups(ChilliChilliStudios&
Ironworks).Ifullyinformedtheparticipantsandgotthemeachtosignaninformedconsent
form.Idecidedthatinordertoimprovemyresponseratefromparticipantsthatboththe
personalitytestandthequestionsheetswouldbeprintedoutandhandedtotheparticipants
asitiseasytodisregardalinkwhereasaphysicalpieceofpaperinfrontofthemwouldbe
muchhardertoignore.

AsthegroupswereintwodifferentroomsfortheDevelopmentsessions,inordertoimprove
thevalidityofthestudy,IisolatedChilliChilliStudiostoreplicateascloselyaspossiblethe
DevelopmentroomofIronworks.InadditionIensurethatthequestionsheetswerecompleted
attheendofthedayforbothgroupsastogetasaninformedresponseaspossible.One
thingthatIcouldnotaddressisthefactthatthegroupsattendedtheirsessionsondifferent
days:ChilliChilliStudiosonTuesdaysclosetothebeginningoftheweek,andIronworkson
Thursdaysclosetotheendoftheweek.TherewasliterallynothingIcoulddo,sothereisa
slightpossibilitythatresultsobtainedfromtthetwogroupscouldbeslightlyskewed,although
anotherexperimentwouldbeneededtoisolatethetimeoftheweekasanindependent
variable:somethingwhichIdidnthavethetimeortheresourcesfor.

Forthenextsixweeks,ImadeapointnottoevaluateanyoftheinformationthatIhad
gatheredgiventhechancethatthismightinfluencetheresultsasoneofthegroupIwasthe
Producerof.Instead,inthemeantime,Isetaboutbuildingaframeworksothatoncethestudy
wascomplete,Icouldstarttoanalysethemalmoststraightaway.

Anothernoteworthypoint,becauseIhaddecidedtoprintoutthePersonalitytestsforpeople,
ItmeantthatIhadtomanuallyentertheresultsforeachparticipantintothecalculatorto
obtainindividualresultsbeing72questionslongforeachparticipant,thiswasnoquickand
easytask.

ThetypologytestthatIusedtocalculateindividualresponsescanbefoundhere:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgiwin/jtypes2.asp

TheGoogleDatabase:

Thiswasmissioncontrol.Thiswaswheretheresultsfromboththepersonalitytestsandthe
questionswerebrokendownandorganisedforbetteranalysis:

Thedatabaseconsistsof14pages.Belowisadescriptionofeachpagesfunction,eachone
iscolourcoded.AccesstotheDatabasecanbeobtainedbyclickingthislink:

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Olobmvfa5AipqYNT4If7mbMDnn7b7VaoEyQ9uHD
wkkM/edit?usp=sharing

Participants:

ThisisasummaryofallParticipants,theirname,age,gender,group,personality
categoryandvisualevidenceoftheresultsobtainedfromthepersonalitytest.

Ironworks:

Thisisthesummaryofweeklyresponsesofeachquestionoverthefullperiodof
sixweeksforthisgroup.

ChilliChilliStudios:
Thisisthesummaryofweeklyresponsesofeachquestionoverthefull
periodofsixweeksforthisgroup.

Question1Question2,Question3,Question4:

Thesearecollaborateddocumentsofall
participantsandtheirweekly(week1week6)responsestoeachofthefourrespective
questions.Thereisalsoanaveragevaluethatwascalculatedtofillinanymissing
information.

PersonalityTypes:
Thisistheisolationofindividualsbasedontheirobtainedpersonality
traits.Thismadeiteasiertohandlethedataduringmanipulationandanalysis.

Analysis:
Thisisthemostimportantpageofthedatabase.Thisiswherealltheinformation
wascalculatedandassembledinpreparationforthecreationofvisualrepresentation.This
containsalltheimportantinformation,alltheappropriatecalculatedvaluesandvisual
information.

IorE,SorN,TorF,PorJ:

Thesepagesreflecteachofthepersonalitytypes,theiraverage
responsestoeachofthe4questions,andtheoverallaverageofeachquestion.

OverallAverageValues:
Thispagesummarisestheoverallaveragevaluesofeachquestion
inrelationtopersonalitytypeoverthecourseoftheStudy.

Ialsocreatedanadditionalpage,
FormattingPage(PleaseIgnore)
,forformattingpurposesto
aidinthecreationofthedatabase.

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NotableResultsandAnalysis:

ThefirstthingthatIwanttolookatistheoverallaveragesfromeachquestioninrelation
topersonalitytype.

Fig2:Graphshowingoverallaverageresponsesofthequestionsinrelationtopersonality.

Wecanseethattheperceptionofthegroupsproductivenessissignificantly
higherthanperceptionofindividualproductivenessregardlessofpersonality
type.

TheFeelinggrouphavethelowestaveragevalueforindividualhappiness,
whereasJudginggrouphasthehighest.

IndividualsthatpossesstheFeelingpersonalitytrait,onaverageratetheir
groupsproductivenessthehighest.,whereastheSensinggroupdemonstrate
theleastperceivedgroupproductiveness.

ThereisaconsistencybetweenIndividualproductivenessandHappinessinthe
Thinkinggroup.

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Overall,theThinkinggroupperceivesthemostproductiveness.

TheiNtuitivegroupratethemselvesthehappiestwiththeworktheyhavedone.

IntrovertsperceivethemselvesasmoreproductivethanExtroverts

Fig3:GraphshowingtheoverallresultsofQuestion1overtimeperpersonalitytype.

Fromthefirstweektothesecondweek,thereisanoverallincreaseinperceived
individualproductiveness,andwithanexceptionfromtheThinkingand
Sensinggroup,thereisadecreaseinperceivedperception.

TheExtrovertgroupperceivethemselvestobetheleastproductive.

AftertheChristmasbreak(fourthpoint),withtheexceptionoftheIntrovert
groupThinkinggroupandtheiNtuitiongroup,thereisaperceivedincreasein
individualproductiveness,followedbyaconsistentdecreaseuntiltheendofthe
study,withtheexceptionoftheiNtuitiongroupwhoseemedtogetmore
productive.

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Fig4:GraphtoshowtheoverallresultsofQuestion2overtimeperpersonalitytype.

Thereisaconsistenttrendintheperceptionofgroupproductivityirrespectiveof
personalitytype.

Aftertheinitialincrease,thereisaconsistentdecreaseupuntiltheChristmas
break,wherethereisanotherincrease.

Introvert,Extrovert,Thinking,SensingandPerceivingallcorrelatewith
theresultsofQuestion1.

iNtuitiveandJudgingperceiveanincreaseingroupproductivitywhilsttheir
ownperceptionofproductivitydecreases.

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Fig5:GraphtoshowtheoverallresultsofQuestion4overtimeperpersonalitytype.

Thereisaconsistencywithperceivedhappinessirrespectiveofpersonalitytype.

Thereseemstobeanalternatingincrease/decreaseofhappiness.

ThehappiestgroupistheJudgingtypewiththeleasehappiestbeingthe
Perceivinggroup.

TheThinkinggroupshappinessistheleaseimprovedafterthechristmasbreak.

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GroupSpecificAnalysis:

Fig6:ChilliChilliStudiosresponseforQ1

Fig7:IronworksresponseforQ1

TheSensinggroupinChilliChilliStudiosshowstheoppositeresultfromthe
SensinggroupinIronworks,butbothshowanincreaseinperceived
productivenessimmediatelyaftertheChristmasbreakfollowedbyacompatible
decrease.

Thereisaperceiveddecreaseinproductivityleadinguptothechristmasbreak
forallpersonalitytypesinChilliChilliStudios,coincidingwiththeopposittrend
fromIronworks.

Thereseemstobenoconsistencyorpatternonpersonalitytypesinthetwo
differentgroupswiththeindividualperceptionofproductivity.

Fig8:ChilliChilliStudiosResponsesforQ2

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ChilliChilliStudiosSensinggroupratestheirgroupaslessproductivethan
theIronworksSensinggroup,butseeasharpincreaseafterChristmasbreak.

Bothgroupsshowconsistencieswithperceivedgroupproductivitythroughoutthe
lengthofthestudy.

Bothteamsseeaninitialincreaseinperceivedproductivityinallgroupfromthe
firstweektothesecondweek,howeverwiththeexceptionofExtrovertand
SensinggroupsinIronworks,thisisfollowedbyadecrease.

FurtherAnalysisofpersonalitytypesinresponsetothequestions:

Fig9:GraphshowingtheoverallaverageresponsefortheIntrovertpersonalitytype.

Thereisacorrelationbetweenhowhappyanindividualisandhowhardthey
haveworked.

Comparingandcontrastingwiththeothergraphs,Introvertsaresignificantly
happierthananyotherpersonalitytype

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ThereisaboostinperceivedproductivenessaftertheChristmasbreak,
followedbyandecreaseuntiltheendofthestudy.

Fig10:GraphshowingtheoverallaverageresponsefortheExtrovertpersonalitytype.

Aswithallotherresults,thisoneclearlyshowsthattheExtrovertgroup
perceivestheirgroupstobemoreproductivethanthemselves.

Thehappinessratingfollowsadownwardtrend,andonlyincreasesslightlyafter
theChristmasbreak

Afteraninitialdecreaseinperceivedsatisfactionofwork,thereisaconsistent
positivetrendinsatisfactionrightupuntiltheendofthestudy.Thisisalmost
perfectlyoppositetothetrendthatwecanseefortheIntrovertinfographic.
Asthehighestsatisfactionrateofanyotherpersonalitygroup.

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Fig11:GraphshowingtheoverallaverageresponsefortheSensingpersonalitytype.

Thereseemstobeamirroredcorrelationwiththeperceptionofgroup
productivityandanindividualsperceptionoftheirownproductivity.

Thereisacloserelationshipbetweentheperceivedproductivenessofan
individualandthesatisfactionofparticipantsownwork.

LiketheExtrovertgroup,thereisacorrelationwiththeperceptionofgroup
productivityandoverallsatisfactionofwork.

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Fig12:GraphshowingtheoverallaverageresponsefortheiNtuitivepersonalitytype.

TheSensinggroupisthemostconsistentintermsofresponsesovertime,as
thereislittlevariationinresponsesonaweekbyweekbasis,evenafterthe
Christmasbreak.

AswiththeSensinggroup,theiNtuitivegroupshowsacloserelationship
betweenperceivedproductivityandoverallsatisfactionofwork.

Thegraphshowsacorrelationbetweenoverallsatisfactionofworkand
happiness.Thisissomethingthatisnotreplicatedwithotherpersonalitytypes.

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Fig13:GraphshowingtheoverallaverageresponsefortheThinkingpersonalitytype.

Thegraphdemonstratesacorrelationbetweengroupproductivityand
satisfactionwithwork.

Thereseemstobeanoverallcorrelationbetweenallresponses,withthe
exceptionofWeek2sresponsefortheHappinessquestion.

IndividualperceptionofproductivityactuallydecreasedaftertheChristmas
break.

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Fig14:GraphshowingtheoverallaverageresponsefortheFeelingpersonalitytype.

Onlygrouptoshowconsecutivegrowthinoverallsatisfactionwiththeexception
ofthefirstandlastweeksofthestudy.

Theresponsesremainfairlyconsistentandwearriveatsimilarareasattheend
ofthestudyforeachquestionthatwestartedatinthebeginning.

Asthelowestrelativesatisfactionrateofanyoftheotherpersonalitygrouptypes.

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Fig15:GraphshowingtheoverallaverageresponseforthePerceivingpersonalitytype.

Thereisacorrelationbetweentheperceptionofgroupproductivenessand
overallsatisfactionwiththequalityofwork.

Individualproduction,groupproductionandsatisfactionratesimilarlytoeach
other.

Theyconsiderthemselvestobesignificantlylesshappierthananyoftheother
personalitygrouptypes.

Fairlyconsistentresponses.

Hasthelargestincreaseinsatisfactionandperceivedgroupproductivenessafter
theChristmasbreak.

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Fig16:GraphshowingtheoverallaverageresponsefortheJudgingpersonalitytype.

OnlygrouptoshowconsistentgrowthingroupproductivityaftertheChristmas
break.

Closerelationshipbetweensatisfactionandindividualproductivity.

Toconclude:

Inconclusion,thereisclearlyadifferenceintheperceptionofproductivityand
personalitytypes,evidentwithinanoverallaverageanalysis,agroupbygroup
breakdownandalsotheindividualanalysisoftypologies.Thesheerandsignificant
variationinresultsdemonstratethatthestudyhasindeedidentifiedacorrelation
betweenpersonalityandperceivedproductivity.Iwillattempttoexplaintheresults,but
giventhenatureofthestudy,alotoftheinformationorexplanationswillbeopento
interpretationdependingonthereader.

Themostproductivegroup,surprisinglyistheIntrovertgroup,comparedwiththeleast
productivegroup(s)ThinkingandSensing,whoshareresultsthataretoocloseto
call.

IthinkthatthismaybedowntothecommonunderstandingthatIntrovertedindividuals
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aremorefocusedontheself,andthereforehaveahigherunderstandingofpersonal
achievement.Byhavinganisolatedattitudetotherestofthedevelopmentgroup,they
donotcomparetheirworkwithothers,butseekdirectresponsesfromLeadsandStaff
memberstoreassurethemselves.

ItismyopinionthatbothThinkingandSensinggroupswarpandskewtheavailable
informationbyseekingasmuchaspossiblefromtheirsurroundingsandenvironment
andthishastheeffectofdegradingandconvolutingtheirownunderstandingand
perception.TheThinkinggroupmaydothisbyoveranalysingthesituation,depending
toomuchonlogicalsolutionsandnotbalancingtheirpsychewithamoresubjectiveand
emotionalviewresultinginoverconfidence,sothatwhentheyaretoldtogobackand
redoworkthattheyweresurewasgoodenough,ithasaknockoneffectontheir
perceptionofproductiveness.TheSensinggrouphaveanoppositestance,but
ironicallythiscausesthesameeffectinbothgroups.Byconcentratingmoreontheir
instinctandgoingwithwhattheyfeelpeopleneed,theyisolatethemselvesfromthe
biggerpicture,havingtheexactsameeffectontheirperceptionofproductivityasabove.

TheFeelinggrouphaveonaverage,thehighestratedperceptionofgroupproductivity
whereastheSensinggrouphavethelowest.Thisisareallysurprisingresultasboth
ofthesetypologiesshareacommonfoundationappealingtoemotionandgutfeeling.
Mymosteducatedguesswouldbedowntoperceptionsfrombothgroupsbeing
inaccurate.Isolatinginformationbeforemakingadecisionisneveragoodidea.Itis
goodtogetabalancedviewandnottorelytooheavilyoninstinct.

Eachpersonalitytyperatedtheirgroupsproductivityhigherthantheirown.Ithinkthis
wastodowiththequestionitself.Whenaskedaquestionpertainingtooneself,the
questionisoftenoverthoughtorskewedthroughexperimenterbias.Iwouldhave
personallyexpectedtoseeareverseresult,inwhichpeopleratetheirown
productivenesstobehigherthantheirgroups,particularlytheExtrovertsgroup,butwe
canseeaconsistentsignificantresultthatdemonstratedthatallgroupsrategroup
productivityhigherthanindividualproductivity.

ThegroupwiththehighestratingofhappinesswasJudgingandtheleast,Feeling.
Thereisasignificantdifferencebetweentheresultsgatheredrelatedtothesetwo
groups.IwouldexpectthattheJudginggroupishappiestbecausetheywouldbeusing
themselvesasthestandardwithinadevelopmentenvironment,whereastheFeeling
grouparemoreintunewithemotion,oftenoverthinkingthingsorinterpretingthingsin
awayotherthanintended,ofteninanegativeway,wouldcouldleadtoamoreindepth
selfanalysisleadingtoagenerallymoreunhappyindividual.
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Improvements:

BelowaresomepersonalrecommendationsthatIthinkwouldimprovetheoverall
quality,reliability,validityandselfefficacyofthestudy

Increasethesamplesizetoincreasethereliabilityofthestudy
Increasethetimeperiodofanalysistoincreasethereliabilityofthestudy
Includetheroleofparticipantstoisolateanyrole(Art,Design,Tech)thatmight
haveanhigheraffinityforacertainpersonalitytype
RearrangetheorderthatparticipantsaregiventhequestionstoreduceOrder
Effects
Usemultiplepersonalityteststocrossreferencetheinformationgatheredto
increasethevalidityofthestudy
BranchoutfromDevelopmentenvironmentstomakethestudymoreapplicable
andthereforereliable
Issuethequestionsonthesamedaytoincreasereliability
ObtainqualitativeinformationinadditiontoLikertScalestoavoidareductionist
approach.

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Thepersonalityquestionnaireused:

PleasefollowthelinkbelowtoobtainacopyofthePersonalitytestIusedinorderto
calculateparticipantstypologies.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhxi76phaazc7ca/Personality%20Test.docx?dl=0

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