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The results of research by Goldberg (1980) and by Costa and McCrae (1986) indicate that the assessment of personality by means of paper-and-pencil inventories encompasses no more than __________ personality factors.

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
E) six

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Provide details of the process of coding and interpreting scores on the MMPI-2 scales.

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Personality inventories usually measure a broader range of variables and are more carefully standardized than rating scales and checklists.

In ipsative scoring, a person's score on one scale of a personality inventory is affected by his or her scores on other scales.

Special validation keys have been constructed to determine the concurrent and predictive validities of personality inventories.

The Millon Clinical Multi-axial Inventory was designed for the same target population as the

Designers of personality inventories have traditionally been more concerned than projectivists with the psychometric qualities of their instruments.

When the standard scores on all clinical scales of the MMPI-2 are above 70, it is good evidence that

Respondents find it almost impossible to fake answers to a carefully-designed personality inventory.

What three personality inventories were designed by D. N. Jackson and his associates. How were they constructed, and what do they measure?

Differentiate between base rate scores, normative scores, and ipsative scores.

The first personality inventory to be scored and interpreted by a computer was the

Of the many personality inventories based on the results of factor analysis, the one having the smallest number of scoring categories is the Eysenck Personality Inventory.

The Personality Assessment Inventory was designed to provide information for

Unlike the Woodworth Personal Data Sheet, the original Bernreuter Personality Inventory was a multiphasic instrument.

The first standardized multiscore inventory was the

The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory is scored on both personality pattern scales and clinical syndrome scales.

The MMPI is a popular multiphasic personality inventory based on the psychoanalytic theories of Freud and Jung.

Special validation scoring keys are used to detect faking on some personality inventories.

Approximately __________ of the computer-based test interpretations for the MMPI-2 are likely to be inaccurate.