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Using Comparison Data to Differentiate Categorical and Dimensional Data by Examining Factor Score Distributions: Resolving the Mode Problem
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Ruscio, John; Walters, Glenn D. – Psychological Assessment, 2009
Factor-analytic research is common in the study of constructs and measures in psychological assessment. Latent factors can represent traits as continuous underlying dimensions or as discrete categories. When examining the distributions of estimated scores on latent factors, one would expect unimodal distributions for dimensional data and bimodal…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Monte Carlo Methods
Normative Data from Rorschach (Exner) and MMPI Tests for Students Assessed in an Alberta Government Youth Assessment Center.
Anderson, Laurence E. – 1983
This study was intended to provide descriptive data of the students in the Medicine Hat Youth Assessment Center, (YAC) in terms of psychological variables obtained from the Rorschach and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). The adolescent subjects were 55 males assessed by the MMPI and 63 males and females assessed by the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Personality Measures, Personality Traits
The MMPI: A Contemporary Normative Study.
Colligan, Robert C.; And Others – 1983
The original normative base for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was established in the late 1930's and early 1940's. While there was a refining of this original sample in 1957, no contemporary standards for normal people have been published. To develop new norms a random sample of 1,919 households in and near Rochester,…
Descriptors: Age, Comparative Testing, Data Collection, Educational Attainment
Equivalency of Microtest Computer MMPI Administration for Standard and Special Scales.
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Honaker, L. Michael; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1988
Describes study that compared the administration of the Microtest computer version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with administration procedures for the traditional paper and pencil version. Highlights include an anxiety inventory; attitude scales; rank order and reliability; correlation analyses; power analyses; and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation