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{What's New With Form M?}
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{CPP release date for Form M - August 15, 1998}
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{Form G Qualified Users are qualified to purchase Form M}
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{Form G available into at least early 2000 - may be phased out after that except for research purposes.}
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{Rationale for the Development of Form M}
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{Preserving the integrity of the MBTIŽ by focusing on positive, normal healthy behavior}
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{Cultural changes in women's roles}
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{Form G normed primarily on high school and college students}
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{New research showed that the internal consistency reliabilities of the Thinking-Feeling dichotomy were among the lowest}
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{Test-retest reliabilities for whole, 4-letter types were lower than hoped for}
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{Some vocabulary was identified as being colloquial or subject to possible social desirability response sets}
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{Revisions are a result of a major research project}
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{Extensive item selection process}
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{New national random sample (N = 3200)}
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{African American results}
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{Hispanic results
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{Best-fit type study (N = 2400)}
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{What are some similarities with Form M and Form G?}
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{Forced choice format}
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{Item selection based on Jung's and Myer's theories of type}
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{Maintained phrase and word pair formats}
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{Separates people into types, does not measure intelligence, traits, or skill}
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{Changes to Form M}
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{Modern Test Theory vs. Classical Test Theory}
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{Item Response Theory replaces Prediction Ratio}
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{Term "Preference Clarity" replaces "Preference Scores"}
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{No gender differences in items}
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{No age differences in items}
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{93 total items}
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{51 from Form G}
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{42 new and/or revised questions}
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{No items with more than 2 possible responses}
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{Benefits of Form M}
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{More confidence in sorting at the midpoint}
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{Better agreement with best-fit Type}
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{Reduced S/N - J/P correlation}
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{High discrimination between opposites}
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{Improved reliability and validity}
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{Internal consistency}
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{Test-retest agreement}
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{Update the wording and outdated language}
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{Use national representative sample to base item weights}
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{Decrease number of questions necessary to determine type}
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{Improve item to dichotomy correlation}
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{Lower inter-dichotomy correlation}
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{Eliminate need for separate scoring keys}
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{Minimize influence of social desirability}
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{Use state-of-the-art scoring methodologies}
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{Revised Manual}
