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Duckworth, Jane C.; Anderson, Wayne P. – 1986
This manual presents information on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), primarily directed to counselors and clinicians who work with university counseling center clients, private practice clients, and mental health clinic clients who are not usually psychotic or neurotic but are having difficulties in one or two areas. This…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personality Measures, Test Content, Test Interpretation

Matarazzo, Joseph D. – American Psychologist, 1990
Increasingly neuropsychologists are under pressure, particularly in child custody and personal injury litigation, to justify the validity of the tests upon which their assessments are based. Reviews research on the validity of clinical opinions based on tests and concludes that test scores must be used in conjunction with life history and current…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Measurement Techniques, Measures (Individuals), Neurological Impairments