Meehl on metatheory

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1317-1354

  Rozeboom, Wm W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abduction; Clinical prediction; Cliometric theory; Confirmation; Construct validity; Hypothesis testing; Paul E. Meehl; Psychonomic metatheory; Schizophrenia; Statistical prediction; Statistical significance testing; Taxometrics; Theoretical constructs

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

FORECASTING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCIENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844446525     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20184     Document Type: Review

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