Improving police decision making: General principles and practical applications of receiver operating characteristic analysis

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1157-1175

  Bennell, Craig ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CRITICAL THINKING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 30844458169     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1152     Document Type: Article

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