Why Does the MMPI Include Some Items That Very Few

question 15

Multiple Choice

Why does the MMPI include some items that very few people check true, such as "I have never been angry"?

• A) to identify certain extremely rare personality types
• B) to confuse people about what the test is measuring
• C) to see whether someone is lying
• D) to measure creative thinking

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Definitions:

Centered Moving Averages

A technique used to smooth out short-term fluctuations in time series data and highlight longer-term trends by averaging data points centered around each point.

Quarter

One-fourth of a year, often used in financial and business contexts to divide the fiscal or calendar year for reporting purposes.

Mean Absolute Deviation

The average of the absolute differences between each data point in a set and the mean of that set, measuring variability.

Residuals

The deviation of true observations from the predictions made by a simulation or computational model.