
The Big Five Personality Test:
Cambridge Analytica, Odd Ducks, and the Predictability of Our Behavi
Cambridge Analytica captured the data of 87 million Facebook users, without their consent, and then used that data to target them with political advertising. This data included some people’s self-assessments on the Big Five Personality Factors: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. What and how much can the Big Five really reveal about us? As a clinical psychologist, who has been using the the Big Five with clients for over 35 years, my pro