Commentary on Meehl's theoretical risks and tabular asterisks: Sir Karl, Sir Ronald, and the slow progress of soft psychology

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-25

  Dawes, Robyn M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial prediction; Clinical prediction; Null hypothesis testing; Qualitative consistency; Qualitative diversity; Quantitative measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242794399     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appsy.2004.02.002     Document Type: Note

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