There is a great table at the site, but the journal it comes from has that and more, in their supplemental file, here:
I’m curious what my predisposition is.
Profession: banjo player
Interesting, and I would say very accurate as regards myself, I think. But am I correct in interpreting the “FFM agreeable” and “FFM open” as meaning the a high correlation = someone who undervalues being open and agreeable in social interactions? For my area (engineering) this makes perfect sense to me, as we value getting things right over warm fuzzies socially or accepting bad ideas. (”Well, the bridge he designed collapsed, but Bob’s a great guy!”)
What ever you do, don’t google “FFM”
All I know is that I am an ISTJ.
The research is far more accurate and goes far beyond this article.
I attended psychiatric conferences on this topic over 5 years ago.
It began with a 1,000 prison population study and then expanded.
Based upon genetic testing, they can tell you the probability of specific mental illnesses, the best treatment modality, and the recommended drug dosage levels for that person.
It is amazing.
Career politician?
Every one I work with at the postal service is absolutely crazy. I must be too.
The conclusions of this study do not even amount to being the decimal dust of a round off error.
A Polygenic Score (PGS) is a numerical risk prediction for a particular disease based upon variations at multiple genetic loci. It is supposed to be based purely on genetic data, but in order to “refine” the results to something useful, other factors such as, age, sex, use of tobacco, use of alcohol, and BMI, are often considered.
It presumes that every genetic variant loci (known as a single-nucleotide polymorphism or SVP) that affects a disease has been identified (not proven), and that the relative effects among the various SVPs that have been identified are well-understood (most definitely not proven).
Even for a relatively simple and well-understood genetic trait such as height, the variation between the PGS predicted height and the actual heights of the people in the study is plus or minus 4 inches. As the entire range of adult human heights is 24 inches, an error range of 8 inches is not all that accurate.
Neuropsychiatric Polygenic Scores (PGS) proposes to extend this to a variety of human behaviors that extend from diagnostic conditions such as Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Depression to Five Factor Model (FFM) Personality Traits such as Agreeableness, Openness, Conscientiousness, and Neuroticism. One does not have to be a professional Test Engineer to realize that the Degrees of Freedom for testing this is rapidly approaching infinity.
After all of this, the study concludes that Neuropsychiatric Polygenic Scores can account for 0.04% (0.0004 in real numbers) of an individual’s predisposition to enter a particular field.
At best, the 0.04% (0.0004) represents false precision to four significant figures, because the accuracy of the study is unknown and unprovable due to all the sources of error, some of which are outlined above.
Everything looks like a nail to me so I became a carpenter.
“Polygenic scores (PGS) are metrics used to estimate the genetic predisposition of people to developing specific mental health conditions, personality traits or diseases.”
I’ve always wanted to do a study on people that back in to parking spaces.
“…know people with some of these conditions in some of these expected professions.”
And perhaps as many or more who do not?
Ever met an accountant with a sense of humor?
A plumber who leaves the seat down?
An auto mechanic who wears designer clothes?