<p>The MMPI calculates scale scores from dichotomous responses; hence those scale scores – the constructs of actual interpretive interest – are roughly continuous, or at least polytomous.</p>

<p>Yes, there are very many other tests that can assess personality traits that can aid in diagnosis. I'm not sure what you mean by "mature", and I hesitate to judge their sophistication.</p>

<p>I'm guessing by "INFJ" you're referring to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator" rel="nofollow">Myers–Briggs Type Indicator</a>, of which "INFJ" is one available type. Typology is one primary difference from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Multiphasic_Personality_Inventory" rel="nofollow">MMPI</a>, which measures traits in terms of continuous dimensions. I'll leave the rest of the differences to Wikipedia for now.</p>

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<p>Can you briefly explain in a non-technical way which are the main differences between the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator" rel="nofollow">Myers–Briggs Type Inventory</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Multiphasic_Personality_Inventory" rel="nofollow">MMPI</a> test?</p>

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@what: maybe I should split the question in twice. I'm interested in clinical diagnosis.
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@what: I could narrow a lot the question to the real problem I'm interested in, but then it would become a self help question.. I've opened a generic question and clarified better in a comment
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"This question was flagged as low-quality because of its length and content." I hesitate to say "**Looks Good** if nothing is wrong with this question", but I don't see any truly appropriate reasons to close it, I don't feel unsure of what's wrong with it, and the only edit I want to make is to roll back @JeromyAnglim's edit, because that would at least improve the length issue. Maybe this calls for a meta-question or two? In any case, `Looks Good`... :S
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What is the difference between the MMPI and the Myers–Briggs Type Inventory?
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# What is the difference between the MMPI and the Myers–Briggs Type Inventory?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-01)

Can you briefly explain in a non-technical way which are the main differences between the [Myers–Briggs Type Inventory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator) and the [MMPI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Multiphasic_Personality_Inventory) test?

**Tags:** personality, test, clinical-psychology

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: @what: maybe I should split the question in twice. I'm interested in clinical diagnosis.  
> **username_0**: @what: I could narrow a lot the question to the real problem I'm interested in, but then it would become a self help question.. I've opened a generic question and clarified better in a comment  
> **username_1**: "This question was flagged as low-quality because of its length and content." I hesitate to say "**Looks Good** if nothing is wrong with this question", but I don't see any truly appropriate reasons to close it, I don't feel unsure of what's wrong with it, and the only edit I want to make is to roll back @JeromyAnglim's edit, because that would at least improve the length issue. Maybe this calls for a meta-question or two? In any case, `Looks Good`... :S  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-03-02. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The MMPI calculates scale scores from dichotomous responses; hence those scale scores – the constructs of actual interpretive interest – are roughly continuous, or at least polytomous.

Yes, there are very many other tests that can assess personality traits that can aid in diagnosis. I'm not sure what you mean by "mature", and I hesitate to judge their sophistication.

I'm guessing by "INFJ" you're referring to the [Myers–Briggs Type Indicator](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator), of which "INFJ" is one available type. Typology is one primary difference from the [MMPI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Multiphasic_Personality_Inventory), which measures traits in terms of continuous dimensions. I'll leave the rest of the differences to Wikipedia for now.


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