How our reports work
TypeMyself provides custom self-reflection questionnaires. A report describes your answers and offers optional exercises. It is not a psychological diagnosis, a test of ability, or proof of a fixed personality type.
What has been checked
We test answer validation, question-to-topic mapping, score calculations, tied results, report consistency, and access controls. We also inspect the generated PDFs. These checks establish software behavior, not psychological validity or proven benefit.
How scores are calculated
For a scale from 1 to 5, answers are converted to positions of 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 between the displayed endpoints. Positions are averaged within the question-defined topic. The report shows the item count and the original questions, answers, and endpoints so you can check the calculation.
For the work-related wellbeing questionnaire, the direction is reversed: the displayed low anchors describe greater strain. An answer of 1 therefore contributes 100 and an answer of 5 contributes 0. These positions are not clinical severity levels or a percentage chance of burnout.
Choice option numbers are not scores. Those reports reproduce the selected choices without rating maturity, personal worth, or another person. Overall check-in questions remain in the answer record but are not included in topic averages.
What a score does not mean
- A score of 75 does not mean you exceed 75% of people. We do not use population norms.
- A higher topic score is not necessarily better. Topics can have different meanings and endpoint wording.
- A difference between topics is not evidence of a statistically significant difference, a dominant type, or a recommended career.
- Answers cannot establish someone else’s intentions, relationship compatibility, a childhood history, or a medical condition.
- Changed answers on a retake do not prove improvement or deterioration.
What has not been established
We do not currently provide a completed independent assessment review, reliability study, validity study, population norms, or evidence that using these reports improves outcomes. Familiar topic names do not make our custom questions equivalent to an established assessment.
Use a report as a testable reflection
- Choose one answer that seems useful to explore. Write down a recent example and a counterexample.
- Choose one small, low-risk action you can control, and decide when to try it. Adapt or skip an exercise that does not fit your circumstances.
- After seven days, record what you actually tried and what happened. Keep what helped; do not aim simply to raise a quiz score.
Do not make consequential health, financial, career, or relationship decisions based only on this report. Use appropriate qualified support for persistent concerns or safety issues.
Earlier reports and versioning
The response-profile-2 release replaced earlier fixed-type reports. The earlier burnout calculation reversed the displayed answer direction and used unsupported stage labels. Those interpretations are withdrawn. Existing answers have not been silently rescored or overwritten; a retake creates a new versioned record.
Report a problem
Email afriend@typemyself.com with the questionnaire name, question number, and what was unclear or misleading. Do not include a private report link or sensitive answers unless you choose to share them.