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iveyjurea

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A group of clinical psychologists is constructing an objective personality test. They find that people with panic disorder tend to agree with the statement I like brown shoes better than white shoes significantly more often than people without panic disorder. They decide to include this item on their test, even though it makes little theoretical sense. These clinical psychologists are apparently using the __________ strategy of test construction.
 
  a. factor analytic
  b. construct validation
  c. content validation
  d. empirical criterion keying

Question 2

The original MMPI was developed via the__________ approach to objective test construction.
 
  a. empirical criterion keying
  b. factor analytic
  c. content validation
  d. none of the above



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



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