title: Do computer-administered Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories underestimate booklet-based scores?
abstract: We ran meta-analyses that compared the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scale scores produced in 770 booklet and 762 computer administrations described by nine studies. While most of the differences were small, the computer-based scores significantly underestimated their booklet counterparts on 8 of the 13 scales. The average underestimate was about three-quarters of a T-score point and accounted for around 4% of the reliable variance. These findings suggest that separate norms and profile sheets for computer-administered MMPIs might be helpful.
authors.affiliation: Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, St. Cloud, MN 56303.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008838:Microcomputers; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results