Possible Questionnaire Format for Administering the 50 Big-Five Factor Markers†
1+	Am the life of the party.
2-	Feel little concern for others.
3+	Am always prepared.
4-	Get stressed out easily.
5+	Have a rich vocabulary.
1-	Don't talk a lot.
2+	Am interested in people.
3-	Leave my belongings around.
4+	Am relaxed most of the time.
5-	Have difficulty understanding abstract ideas.
1+	Feel comfortable around people.
2-	Insult people.
3+	Pay attention to details.
4-	Worry about things.
5+	Have a vivid imagination.
1-	Keep in the background.
2+	Sympathize with others' feelings.
3-	Make a mess of things.
4+	Seldom feel blue.
5-	Am not interested in abstract ideas.
1+	Start conversations.
2-	Am not interested in other people's problems.
3+	Get chores done right away.
4-	Am easily disturbed.
5+	Have excellent ideas.
1-	Have little to say.
2+	Have a soft heart.
3-	Often forget to put things back in their proper place.
4-	Get upset easily.
5-	Do not have a good imagination.
1+	Talk to a lot of different people at parties.
2-	Am not really interested in others.
3+	Like order.
4-	Change my mood a lot.
5+	Am quick to understand things.
1-	Don't like to draw attention to myself.
2+	Take time out for others.
3-	Shirk my duties.
4-	Have frequent mood swings.
5+	Use difficult words.
1+	Don't mind being the center of attention.
2+	Feel others' emotions.
3+	Follow a schedule.
4-	Get irritated easily.
5+	Spend time reflecting on things.
1-	Am quiet around strangers.
2+	Make people feel at ease.
3+	Am exacting in my work.
4-	Often feel blue.
5+	Am full of ideas.
†Note. These are not the IPIP scales measuring the NEO-PI-R domains.

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