The Empirical Keying Approach to Making a Test Like the MMPI

question 14

Multiple Choice

The empirical keying approach to making a test like the MMPI involves ________

• A) subjective scoring of test items to assign items to different groups.
• B) the creation of ambiguous stimuli where there are many possible responses.
• C) picking items that differentiate between different groups; no subjective judgment is needed.
• D) using theoretically based concepts to develop questions for different groups.

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