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Classification of Personality Tests
Uni
-dimensional or Multi-dimensional
Theoretical
or Psychometric (data reduction)
Factor Analysis or Criterion Reference
Normal or Abnormal Traits
Group or Individual Administration
Oral or Written
Self/Other Report or Behavioral
Objective or ProjectiveSlide3
Evaluation of Personality Tests
Construct
Developmental Information
Standardization Information
Norms
Administration Information
Psychometrics
reliability - validity - factor structure
ReviewsSlide4
Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Original development 1940 –Hathaway & McKinley
(MMPI-2 1989) MMPI-2-RF 2008
Over 18 years
MMPI -A – 1992 (adolescent) 14 – 18 yrs
Clinical populations
paper-pencil, computer or audio
35-50 minutes
About 338 questionsSlide5
Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory
(MMPI-2-RF)
Criterion based (or data reduction)
large pool of questions
select appropriate criterion groups
factor analysisSlide6
MMPI – 2-RF scales
50 scales
8 Validity scales
addiction scales
supplemental scalesSlide7
Problems with MMPI-2
norms
inter-item consistency is low
high inter correlations between scores
validity
reading at 6th grade
self-reportSlide8
California Psychological Inventory-260
(CPI)
Developed 1956 -- revised 2005
assess normal adult personality
260 true/false questions (1/2 from MMPI)
30-45 minutes
paper-pencil
normed on college studentsSlide9
California Psychological Inventory (CPI)
29 socially desirable behavioral tendencies
Interpersonal styles
self acceptance
self control
flexibility
more positive than MMPI
used for educational, vocational, counselingSlide10
16 Personality Factors -
16 PF
Cattell
- 1956 - last revised 2000
data reduction by factor analysis
administer hundreds of questions and factor analyze responses = 16 factors
185 items (true, ?, false)
30-60 minutes
7th grade reading level
computer or hand scoreSlide11
16 Personality Factors - 16 PF
Measures 16 primary personality traits
Heavily used in research
good reliability - test/retest
good validity - construct and criterion
lots of norms and profiles
used for career and vocational guidance
http://www.pearsonassessments.com/tests/sixtpf_5.htmSlide12
16 factor scales
16 bipolar dimensions of personality
5 global factors
Extraversion
Anxiety
Tough-mindedness
Independence
Self-control
IM (impression management)Slide13
Revised NEO Personality Inventory
NEO – PI-R
Costa & McCrae - 1985/1995
Neuroticism
Extraversion
Openness
Agreeableness
ConscientiousnessSlide14
Are they the same factors???
16 factor scales
5
global factors
Extraversion
Anxiety
Tough-mindedness
Independence
Self-control
Revised NEO
Neuroticism
Extraversion
Openness
Agreeableness
ConscientiousnessSlide15
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI)
Isabel Briggs Myers and Katherine Briggs
1940s
Based on Jung’s personality dimensions
126 forced choice questions
20-30 minutesSlide16
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Heavily used in research
lots of validity studies
used in academic and counseling settings
vocational preferences
interpersonal interactions Slide17
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(
example of MBTI types
)
Measures 4 dimensions of personality
extroversion-introversion (EI)
sensing-intuition (SN)
thinking-feeling (TF)
judgement-perception (JP)
combine into 16 personality types e.g. ESTJSlide18
Keirsey Temperament Sorter – II
KTS-II
Similar to MBTI test profile - high validity – computerized - shorter
4 Scales
(E)=Expressive vs. (I)=Attentive
(S)=Observant vs. (N)=Introspective
(T)=Tough-minded vs. (F)=Friendly
(J)=Scheduling vs. (P)=ProbingSlide19
MBTI/KRT/images
Scores????
ESFJ – (MBTI)
ISFJ – (KRT)
ENTP – ABAB
Reliability????
Validity?????
Standardization
????Slide20