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1. Form a hypothesis:
People who tend to work a lot (and the rest of the definition of LIE) are more likely to form a long-lasting relationship with people who tend to enjoy cleaning (and the rest of the definition of ESI) than with people who tend to be cheerful (and the rest of the definition of IEI).

2. Create an assessment that will give each time the same results
3. Test couples of certain types in certain conditions
4. You have (or you don't) evidence that certain types get along better than others
5. Of course, it doesn't prove that information elements exist, but what it does, it divides people in 16 categories and proves that some categories get along better than others
The problem I see with testing the intertype relationships is how you categorize the people in the study. You can't say that "LIEs and ESIs" tend to get along this way under these circumstances, you have to define your terms, and use them to categorize the people. That is the only way someone else could replicate the study and verify its a real psychological effect. If you can't operationalize socionics, it will be your opinion what and LIE is vs someone else's opinion. If you agree, then the question becomes, how do you operationalize socionics, so even if someone else doesn't agree with your criteria, at least they can apply?