Which test presents scores in relative terms rather than as absolute totals?
a. CPI
b. 16PF
c. Personality Research Form
d. EPPS
The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule utilizes which approach to test construction?
a. logical-content strategy
b. theoretical strategy
c. criterion-group strategy
d. factor analytic
What strategy did R. B. Cattell use in developing the l6PF?
a. logical-content strategy
b. theoretical strategy
c. criterion-group strategy
d. factor analytic
Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey utilizes which strategy?
a. logical-content strategy
b. theoretical strategy
c. criterion-group strategy
d. factor analytic
Which test has been extended downwards to apply to children and adolescents?
a. It lacks standardized statistical methods.
b. It uses subjective factor names.
c. It requires annual revisions.
d. It can be used with clinical but not normal populations.
Which test has been extended downwards to apply to children and adolescents?
a. MMPI
b. CPI
c. 16PF
d. EPPS
Which test contains no item overlap and balanced keying among the various alternative responses?
a. MMPI
b. CPI
c. 16PF
d. MMPI-2
J. P. Guilford was a pioneer in the
a. logical-content strategy.
b. contrasted groups strategy.
c. factor analytic strategy.
d. theoretical strategy.
What did the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales (2003) add?
a. contemporary norms
b. computer scoring
c. incorporation of items scored on scales rather than just true-false items
d. nearly complete re-scaling
Why did the MMPI-2 number the clinical scales rather than retain the scale names that specified clinical conditions such as paranoia and depression?
a. Scales of the MMPI-2 no longer correspond directly to specific diagnoses.
b. Elevations on a particular scale do not necessarily mean the individual has a particular diagnosis.
c. The names of the scales made it easier for people to fake and indicate they had the condition when they did not.
d. Use of numbers made it easier to perform statistical analyses such as regression.