“The IBM Watson User Modeling service uses linguistic analytics to extract a spectrum of cognitive and social characteristics from the text data that a person generates through text messages, tweets, posts, and more.”

So I took one of my longer posts and had it analyzed. It identified my “Big 5” as follows:

Openness – 50%
Conscientiousness 4%
Extraversion 65%
Agreeableness 54%
Emotional range 86%

Then it breaks each of these broad areas down further.

Openness – 50%

Adventurousness 23%
Artistic interests 6%
Emotionality 64%
Imagination 70%
Intellect 78%
Authority-challenging 75%

Conscientiousness 4%

Achievement striving 9%
Cautiousness 27%
Dutifulness 3%
Orderliness 48%
Self-discipline 2%
Self-efficacy 36%

Extraversion 65%

Activity level 4%
Assertiveness 79%
Cheerfulness 36%
Excitement-seeking 47%
Outgoing 42%
Gregariousness 26%

Agreeableness 54%

Altruism 23%
Cooperation 56%
Modesty 3%
Uncompromising 19%
Sympathy 99%
Trust 18%

Emotional range 86%

Fiery 85%
Prone to worry 70%
Melancholy 75%
Immoderation 76%
Self-consciousness 81%
Susceptible to stress 80%

Needs

Challenge 77%
Closeness 97%
Curiosity 66%
Excitement 30%
Harmony 62%
Ideal 50%
Liberty 48%
Love 51%
Practicality 62%
Self-expression 44%
Stability 28%
Structure 92%

Values

Conservation 23%
Openness to change 84%
Hedonism 5%
Self-enhancement 66%
Self-transcendence 48%