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{Archiving Answer Sheets for the CAPT Data Bank of MBTIŽ Records}
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{<b>(Note:  See Forms in the Help menu to print the CAPT Data Bank Archives Donation form in order to mail answer sheets to CAPT.  Below is the information on the CAPT Data Bank and the instructions and information concerning the CAPT Data Bank.)<n>

If you have MBTIŽ answer sheets you no longer need, we invite you to donate them to the Center for Applications of Psychological Type.  The purpose of our Data Bank is to learn more about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and to disseminate this knowledge to MBTIŽ users.

When you contribute to the Data Bank by using our scoring services, or by donating your old answer sheets to CAPT, you become a researcher who adds to the knowledge of type in many ways.  Some of the Data Bank studies are used to understand the psychometrics of the MBTIŽ.  Other uses of the Data Bank are more immediately practical, such as career tables for the CAPT <I>Atlas of Type Tables<n>.

<b>What is the CAPT Data Bank?<r><n>
Since 1972 CAPT Scoring Services has stored all the information on every answer sheet computer scored by CAPT.  Each record includes responses to the questions plus all other information filled in by the respondent.  We store the CAPT identification code for the professional who sent us the answer sheets, and other group information, if given.

As of January 1, 1997, the Data Bank contained over 750,000 records.  Most records are from Form F and Form G answer sheets scored by CAPT from 1972 to the present.  About ten thousand are Isabel Myers' earlier answer sheets, mainly from her research with medical and nursing students.  An increasing number of records now come from answer sheets not previously computer scored by CAPT, which have been donated for archiving by MBTIŽ users.

<b>Career Data<n><r>
As part of the CAPT Data Bank research, we maintain a coding list for careers (expanded from the <I>Dictionary of Occupational Titles<n>).  We add career codes to all answer sheets that show an occupation.  The Data bank is the main source of information for CAPT's <I>Atlas of Type Tables<n>.

The Data Bank generates normative data such as frequencies of the types in males and females, at different levels of education, at different ages, or in different careers.

The Data Bank also generates new data about the MBTIŽ including reliability, omissions, item weights, dominant and auxiliary, independence of the dichotomies, phrases and word pairs, and for Form G, other information such as favorite subject in school.

You can see that every answer sheet archived generates a great deal of valuable information.  If you donate answer sheets "as is" you will contribute to all of the above research studies.  If you have time to add information before you donate your answer sheets, you can help even more.  (See the instructions for sending in answer sheets.)

<b>Confidentiality of Data Bank Records<n><r>
All reports from the Data Bank are for groups.  CAPT <b>never<n> creates a Data Bank report where an individual could be identified.  You can omit names to provide anonymity.

<b>What Answer Sheets Can Be Archived?<n><r>
At present, CAPT archives any answer sheet it computer scores:  MBTIŽ Form F, Form G, Form J (for Form F report), and Form K.

CAPT can score answer sheets for translations provided the questions are of the same content and in the same order as on the standard answer sheets.  Multicultural use of the MBTIŽ is growing and CAPT particularly welcomes answer sheets for cultural/racial groups in or outside of the United States.  CAPT also welcomes answer sheets for persons over fifty and under sixteen.

<b>Donation of Related Data<n><r>
MBTIŽ users who are moving or retiring call us to see if we are interested in archiving data on research projects which include the MBTIŽ plus other instruments.  CAPT welcomes such donations.  IF CAPT conducts further analyses on the project, we of course reference and credit the original source.   All CAPT standards of confidentiality for MBTIŽ records also apply to the other instruments and data of the research project.

<b>How to Send in Answer Sheets for Archiving in the CAPT Data Bank<n><r>
Assemble the answer sheets, same side up.  Look through the answer sheets and add missing information (especially male-female).

Group your answer sheets and label the groups.  If you have time, the following information will make your answer sheets even more valuable.  You can group answer sheets by ethnic group, religion, college major, or any other characteristic you believe could be useful.  For example:}
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{Main group:	Lawyers}
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{Subgroups:	Trial lawyers; Corporate lawyers; Public Defenders}
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{Main group:	Springfield Illinois High School Seniors}
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{Subgroups:	Tested as Freshmen; Restested as Seniors}
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{Main group:	High School Teachers of River City}
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{Subgroups:	Agreed with type; Disagreed with type}
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{<b>Identifying your answer sheets.<n>  Tell us about your answer sheets to help CAPT get the maximum research benefit from your gift.  Make a copy of the CAPT Data Bank Archives Information form on the back of this folio.  Fill in the information.  If  you are sending a number of groups of answer sheets, fill in the basic information common to all the groups first.  Then make copies and add facts for each specific group.  If you run into questions feel free to call CAPT at (800) 777-2278 and ask for the Research Department.

<b>Mailing your answer sheets.<n>  Assemble the answer sheets and information sheets, put cardboard on the top and bottom to keep them unwrinkled, and mail them to CAPT at the address below.  As soon as we receive your answer sheets, CAPT will send you an acknowledgement in writing.  CAPT is a non-profit organization and gifts to CAPT are tax deductible.  CAPT will score and archive your answer sheets as soon as our work permits, and they will become part of the CAPT Data Bank.  <I>We appreciate your support<n>.}
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{Research Department:  Archives Project<r>
Center for Applications of Psychological Type, Inc.<r>
2815 NW 13th Street, Suite 401<r>
Gainesville, FL  32609}
