What Are Norms and Why Do We Need Valid Ones?

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 446-450

  Achenbach, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; Diagnoses; Norms; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348238486     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clipsy.8.4.446     Document Type: Review

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