A personality inventory that utilizes only those items that have been shown to differentiate particular groups of people is a(n) ________ test.

A) factor analytic
B) self-report
C) projective
D) empirically derived

Empirically Derived

Developed or generated through direct observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Personality Inventory

A questionnaire (often with true-false or agree-disagree items) on which people respond to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors; used to assess selected personality traits.