Overview: Book-Based Exams

Overview on the book-based exams offered by the University of Minnesota Press

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In association with the MMPI Workshops & Symposium, the book-based exam program is sponsored by Kent State University and coordinated by the University of Minnesota Press. The MMPI Workshops & Symposium is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The MMPI Workshops & Symposium maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The MMPI Workshops & Symposium provides continuing education programs for psychologists and other mental health professionals, including in-person workshops and book-based exams for four titles: Interpreting the MMPI-2-RF, Assessing Police and Other Public Safety Personnel Using the MMPI-2-RF, Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2-RF and Case Studies for Interpreting the MMPI-A-RF 

The material presented in the books is based on a broad literature that provides the foundations for empirically validated applications of the MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-A-RF. The books provide the information necessary for a qualified user to interpret the MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-A-RF in the wide range of settings in which the test is used.  

For more information on each exam, click the following links:


Special offer! When ordering your copy of Interpreting the MMPI-2-RF, Assessing Police and Other Public Safety Personnel Using the MMPI-2-RF, Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2-RF, OR Case Studies for Interpreting the MMPI-A-RF enter promotion code BOOKEXAM21 at checkout to receive 20% off. Regular shipping rates apply.  

If you have any questions, please contact the Test Division at 612.301.4821 or at .

Author disclosure statements

- Yossef Ben-Porath, David Corey, Martin Sellbom, and Dustin Wygant are all paid consultants to the MMPI publisher, the University of Minnesota, and distributor, Pearson.
- As coauthor of the MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-A-RF, Dr. Ben-Porath receives royalties on sales of the test. 
- Drs. Corey and Ben-Porath receive royalties on the sales of the MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-3 Police Candidate Interpretive Report.
- Drs. Sellbom and Wygant both receive funding from the Press for research support.