the present study compared a random version of the beck depression inventory ii (bdi-iir, based on the work of dahl strom, brooks, & peterson, 1990) with the standard version in a sample of 139 university 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 . the study also assessed various psychometric properties of the random version, including test-retest reliability, internal consistency, discriminant validity, and concurrent validity using the standard bdi-ii, the zung self-rating scale (srs) , and the center for epidemiological studies-depression scale (ces-d) over a two week period. in addition, the effects of prior exposure to a depression inventory were examined. the bdi-ii and its random counterpart did not evidence significantly different total scores, and both were found to have adequate and similar test-retest reliability, internal consistency and validity. test-retest reliability was .86 for the bdi-ii and .75 for the bdi-iir. internal consistency was found to be .87 and .85 for the bdi-ii and bdi-iir respectively. both versions of the bdi-ii were found to possess adequate validity with the ces-d and srs. however, both scales also correlated very highly with the edwards social desirability scale. lastly, pre-exposure to depression measures did not result in decreased scores at a later administration.