| Sumario: | A study was conducted to verify the equivalence of the computer- and booklet-administered formats of the New Japanese Version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Data were drawn from 200 female college students who were subdivided into four groups and asked to complete either one or both of these measures. In contrast to the results of previous studies, the scores on the computer were statistically significantly higher than those on the booklet administration on the D, Pa, Pt, and Sc scales. This finding might be attributed to the language and software employed for computerization. In terms of rank orders and dispersion, the correlations between the formats were slightly lower than or equal to the coefficients of test-retest reliability. As far as the software employed in this study is concerned, computerization did not save administration time, but this should not necessarily discourage researchers from computerizing the MMPI or other tests.
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