Computerized adaptive assessment with the MMPI-2 in a clinical setting

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-380

  Handel, Richard W ^c   Ben Porath, Yossef S ^b   Watt, Mimi ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032884847     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.11.3.369     Document Type: Article

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