Which of the following is a criticism leveled against the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)?
A. The concurrent validity and the test-retest reliability of the MMPI have been found to be low.
B. The MMPI has limited application as a general screening device for detecting people who are functioning very poorly psychologically.
C. The MMPI cannot be translated into different languages to meet the needs of different cultural groups.
D. The norms for the original MMPI were not representative of people from a wide range of ethnic and racial backgrounds, age groups, and social classes.
Answer: D
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