88 teachers were selected from 24 North Dakota secondary schools and were classified as either innovators or non-innovators on the basis of a 3-item questionnaire filled out by their colleagues at the respective schools. The 16 PF (Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire) was administered to both groups. Innovators were significantly more imaginative, more assertive, more venturesome, and less tense than the non-innovators.
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