Methods of Objective Test Construction ·<Tab/>Rational Method: the basis of this approach is to come up with items that seem directly, obviously and rationally related to what it is the test developer wishes to measure, sometimes done through careful derivation from a theory of the trait in which the researcher is interested. This method of testing includes data gathered through self-reports. Tests are self-report questionnaires that participants …showed first 75 words of 436 total…

…showed last 75 words of 436 total…given by the different groups of participants. This method is also in a true-false questionnaire format. The MMPI is an example of the empirical method of test construction. A great advantage of this method is that, unlike other tests of straightforward S- data variety where a person can describe themselves the way they want to be seen, it is difficult to know how to answer questions in such a way as to guarantee the score.