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Wanted--Central Tendency and Variability of Test Norm Tables: How to Recover Them?
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Krus, David J.; Liang, Kun-Hsia T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
An algorithm for estimation of means and standard deviations or raw scores underlying table values of standard test scores is presented. An application of a computer program, operationalizing the suggested algorithm, is discussed within the framework of a comparison of estimated and known table values for sample Minnesota Multiphasic Personality…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Estimation (Mathematics), Scores, Standardized Tests
Maximized Reliability Estimates for Some Research Scales of the MMPI.
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Wagner, Edwin E.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990
This study, using data for 200 psychiatric/chemical dependency patients, attempted to justify subscales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Distributions of all possible split-half correlations for certain research scales of the MMPI revealed negative skewness resulting in spuriously lowered reliability estimates. The scales…
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Patients, Personality Measures, Rating Scales
Normative Tables for the F-K Index of the MMPI Based on a Contemporary Normal Sample.
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Osborne, David; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1986
Recent work with the F-K index of the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) has reaffirmed its usefulness for identifying dissimulation. Presents normative tables for the F-K index based on a contemporary normative sample of 335 normal women and 304 normal men. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Predictive Validity, Statistical Distributions, Test Norms