MCMI-II scoring: weighted and unweighted algorithms

J Pers Assess. 1990 Fall;55(1-2):219-23. doi: 10.1080/00223891.1990.9674061.

Abstract

This brief report examines the relationship between the scale scores derived through weighted and unweighted item scoring on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II (MCMI-II). The inventories of 356 subjects across three samples were scored using weighted and unweighted algorithms. Correlations between the weighted and unweighted MCMI-II scales were found to approach unity. This casts doubt on whether the weighting system has substantial effect on the profiles that are generated or on reducing interscale correlations.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Algorithms
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Personality Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Personality Disorders / psychology
  • Personality Inventory*
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychopathology