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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827293603321

Autore

Meehl Paul E (Paul Everett), <1920-2003.>

Titolo

Psychodiagnosis : selected papers / / by Paul E. Meehl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1973]

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 359 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.8/9/07508

Soggetti

Psychodiagnostics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. 305-323) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Construct validity in psychological tests. Antecedent probability and the efficiency of psychometric signs, patterns, or cutting scores. Wanted a good cookbook. When shall we use our heads instead of the formula? Some ruminations on the validation of clinical procedures. The cognitive activity of the clinician. Schizotaxia, schizotypy, schizophrenia. Mixed-group validation: a method for determining the validity of diagnostic signs without using criterion groups. What can the clinician do well? High school yearbooks: a reply to Schwarz. Specific genetic etiology, psychodynamics, and therapeutic nihilism. MAXCOV-HITMAX: a taxonomic search method for loose genetic syndromes. Why I do not attend case conferences.