Using diagnostic efficiency statistics to evaluate the concurrent validity of the perceptual aberration scale

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 321-336

  Balogh, Deborah Ware ^a   Merritt, Rebecca Davis ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING;

EID: 0029921601     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6602_10     Document Type: Review

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