1. RESEARCH IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY: 1955.
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Dahlstrom, W. Grant
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CLINICAL psychology , *PSYCHOLOGICAL research , *PROBABILITY theory , *MEDICAL personnel , *DISTRIBUTION (Probability theory) , *APPLIED psychology - Abstract
The article discusses some of the major implications of the developing area of objective psycho-diagnostics that were selected for special consideration and for the bearing they have for some of the research papers appearing in 1955. The antecedent probability, or base rate, of a given characteristic in the general run of clinical cases being seen is of crucial importance in determining the efficiency of a cutting point on any score distribution. Since these values will fluctuate from installation to installation and undoubtedly from time to time in any given clinical agency, the test producer cannot provide this additional information for the individual clinician in the use of a diagnostic device.
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- 1956
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