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Most goal-oriented or experience-oriented characters

As part of the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,125 characters on a 100 point scale from "goal-oriented" to "experience-oriented". This page lists the 25 characters whose average ratings were the farthest to either side. Because the scale is bipolar, it is reversable. For example, a rating of 1/100 for "goal-oriented" is the same as 100/100 for "experience-oriented". See the documentation for more information about how these ratings were collected.

Most goal-oriented characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
198.914Javert (Les Misérables)
296.211Major Arnold Toht (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
396.17Carol 'Mom' Miller (Futurama)
495.78Sue Sylvester (Glee)
595.314Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
694.49Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
794.49Malory Archer (Archer)
894.426Liberty Van Zandt (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
993.716Light Yagami (Death Note)
1093.512Paris Geller (Gilmore Girls)
1193.414Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation)
1292.713Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter)
1392.612Dagny Taggart (Atlas Shrugged)
1492.541The Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
1592.56Theresa Cullen (Westworld)
1692.415Amy Brookheimer (Veep)
1792.214Elliot Alderson (Mr. Robot)
1891.625Margaery Tyrell (Game of Thrones)
1991.130Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones)
2090.98Jack Donaghy (30 Rock)
2190.820Michaela Pratt (How To Get Away With Murder)
2290.810Scorpius (Farscape)
2390.824T-800 (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
2490.77Henry Rearden (Atlas Shrugged)
2590.612Rachel Berry (Glee)

Most experience-oriented characters

RankAverage ratingNumber of ratersName
192.715Ilana Wexler (Broad City)
291.98Cheryl Tunt (Archer)
391.58Richard Castle (Castle)
490.424Jessa Johansson (Girls)
590.310Phoebe Buffay (Friends)
689.915Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
789.86Lisa Johnson (After Life)
888.99Steven Hyde (That 70's Show)
988.49Natalie (Yellowjackets)
1088.216Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)
1187.99Charlie Pace (LOST)
1287.49Guinan (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
1387.36Neelix (Star Trek: Voyager)
1487.117Karen Smith (Mean Girls)
1586.88Fern (Nomadland)
1685.914Quint (Jaws)
1785.513Timon (The Lion King)
1885.37Erlich Bachman (Silicon Valley)
1985.311April Ludgate (Parks and Recreation)
2085.018John Bender (The Breakfast Club)
2185.023Dr. Sean Maguire (Good Will Hunting)
2284.99Princess Ann (Roman Holiday)
2384.618Mamá Coco (Coco)
2484.38Haley Dunphy (Modern Family)
2583.911Klaus Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy)

Similar features

The survey has 525 different descriptive scales that the characters can be rated on. This list is the 10 other scales that that have the highest correlation with goal-oriented<--->experience-oriented when aggregated at the character level.

  1. perfectionist (not good-enough) (r=0.61)
  2. strict (not lenient) (r=0.61)
  3. uptight (not easy) (r=0.61)
  4. tight (not loose) (r=0.6)
  5. presidential (not folksy) (r=0.59)
  6. focused on the future (not focused on the present) (r=0.56)
  7. overachiever (not underachiever) (r=0.55)
  8. driven (not unambitious) (r=0.54)
  9. picky (not always down) (r=0.54)
  10. formal (not intimate) (r=0.54)

Notes

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