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Peer reviewedStreiner, David L.; Miller, Harold R. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1986
Numerous short forms of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory have been proposed in the last 15 years. In each case, the initial enthusiasm has been replaced by the questions about the clinical utility of the abbreviated version. Argues that the statistical properties of the test and reduced reliability due to shortening the scales…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Format, Test Length, Test Reliability
Myers, Charles T. – 1978
The viewpoint is expressed that adding to test reliability by either selecting a more homogeneous set of items, restricting the range of item difficulty as closely as possible to the most efficient level, or increasing the number of items will not add to test validity and that there is considerable danger that efforts to increase reliability may…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Item Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction
