Predictor Combination in Binary Decision-Making Situations

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-205

  McGrath, Robert E ^a  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes's theorem; clinical decision making; heuristics; linear regression; predictive power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE;

BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 54949137321     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013175     Document Type: Article

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