When Psychologists Designed the MMPI, They Evaluated Possible Questions for the Depression

question 227

Multiple Choice

When psychologists designed the MMPI, they evaluated possible questions for the depression scale by asking the following question:

• A) Is the predictive validity of this item higher than its reliability?
• B) Do most depressed people answer this question differently from most nondepressed people?
• C) Do most psychologists agree that this item has something to do with depression?
• D) Does this item correspond to a major point in the current theories about the causes of depression?

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