Objective and Structured Measures
Relatively few psychological assessment instruments have been devel-
oped objectively, that is, exclusively on the basis of empirical evidence
and without subjective interpretation. Objective and structured instru-
ments compare an individual’s pattern or constellation of responses
with those of others in established diagnostic or functional categories
and generalize on that basis. This means, among other things, that the
individual items composing such instruments may have no obvious
relationship (face validity) to the larger question, an attribute that
frequently confuses and concerns uninformed consumers.
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory, Second Edition (MMPI-2)
The MMPI in its various forms and editions is the single most widely
administered, most highly respected, and arguably the most valuable
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