Overview: Book-Based Exams

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

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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.


About the CE sponsor:

The University of Minnesota Press Test Division is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The University of Minnesota Press Test Division maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The University of Minnesota Press Test Division provides continuing education programs focused on the MMPI and MPQ for psychologists and other mental health professionals, including in-person and virtual training, a research symposium, and book-based exams for titles published by the University of Minnesota Press.