Predicting personality with social behavior: a comparative study

摘要: In this paper, we study the problem of predicting personality with features based on social behavior. While network position and text analysis are often used in prediction, use behavior is fairly new. Often studies either concentrate a single or trait, simply to predict ties that then position. To problem, introduce novel person’s actions general, towards specific individuals particular. We also compute variation these among all contacts person as well friends. show alone, without help any textual information, provides good basis for prediction. provide unique comparative finds most significant three different communication mediums: Twitter, SMS phone calls. These mediums offer us from public private contexts, containing messaging voice call type exchanges. find behaviors distinctive normative ones study. illustrate how behavioral relate traits. various similarities differences between terms Note statistical properties number time do not consider content. As result, they can be applied many settings. Furthermore, our findings customized medium trait.