Can We Predict Big 5 Personality Traits from Demographic Characteristics?

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dc.contributor.authorWoods, Ethan
dc.contributor.authorHan, David
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-17T17:42:18Z
dc.date.available2023-02-17T17:42:18Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description.abstractHere we aim to predict the Big Five personality traits based on the demographic information using a generalized linear model. Data was obtained from openpsychometrics.org, pre-processed in MS Excel, and imported to R for statistical analysis. First, it was attempted to predict each individual response item using an ordinal regression model. It was however found to be not viable, even after various weightings were applied to the demographic data. The response variables were then aggregated to form five categories, one for each personality trait: conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extraversion. We then applied a dimension reduction technique to the country variable as well as the race variable in order to achieve an adequate model fit. It was determined that although the demographic information could be useful, precise prediction of the Big Five traits require other information that was not captured in the dataset.en_US
dc.description.departmentManagement Science and Statisticsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/1757
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUTSA Office of Undergraduate Researchen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe UTSA Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Work;Volume 8
dc.subjectundergraduate student worksen_US
dc.subjectBig 5 personality traitsen_US
dc.subjectdemographic characteristicsen_US
dc.subjectdimension reductionen_US
dc.subjectgeneralized linear modelen_US
dc.titleCan We Predict Big 5 Personality Traits from Demographic Characteristics?en_US
dc.typePosteren_US

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