Editing Psychological testing (section)

=== Clinical tests ===

The purpose of clinical tests is to assess the presence of symptoms of psychopathology .<ref name="Psychological Corporation">{{Cite book|last1=Beck|first1=A. T.|title=Manual for the Beck Depression Inventory-II|last2=Steer|first2=R. A.|last3=Brown|first3=G. K.|publisher=[[Psychological Corporation]]|year=1996|edition=2nd|location=San Antonio, TX}}</ref> Examples of clinical assessments include the [[Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory]] (MMPI), [[Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory|Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV]],<ref>Millon, T. (1994). ''Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III.'' Minneapolis, MN: National Computer Systems.</ref> [[Child Behavior Checklist]],<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Achenbach|first1=T. M.|title=Manual for the ASEBA school-age forms & profiles: An integrated system of multi-informant assessment|last2=Rescorla|first2=Leslie A.|date=2001|publisher=ASEBA|isbn=978-0938565734|location=Burlington, Vt|oclc=53902766}}</ref> [[Symptom Checklist 90]]<ref>Derogatis L. R. (1983). ''SCL90: Administration, Scoring and Procedures Manual for the Revised Version.'' Baltimore: Clinical Psychometric Research.</ref> and the [[Beck Depression Inventory]].<ref name="Psychological Corporation"/>

Many large-scale clinical tests are normed. For example, scores on the MMPI are rescaled such that 50 is the middlemost score on the MMPI Depression scale and 60 is a score that places the individual one standard deviation above the mean for depressive symptoms; 40 represents a symptom level that is one standard deviation below the mean.<ref>Ben-Porath, Y.-S., Tellegen, A. (2011). ''Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Manual of Administration-2-RF''. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press</ref>