PSYC37H3 Lecture Notes - Differential Diagnosis, Neurosis, Statistical Significance
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Chapter 12 topic 12 b computerized assessment and the future of testing. To explore career options, computer aided assessment is usually used (capa). The umbrella term computer-assisted psychological assessment (capa) refers to the entire range of computer applications in psychology assessment. Computer-based test interpretation, or cbti, refers to test interpretation and report writing by the computer. Scoring reports consists of scores and/or profiles a scoring report may include statistical significance tests and confidence intervals plotted for the test scores they do not include narrative test or explanation of scores by definition (scoring reports). In clinical judgement, the decision maker processes information in his or her head to diagnose, classify, or predict behavior. In actuarial judgement, an empirically derived formula is used to diagnose, classify, or predict behavior. Both can be validated against an external criteria such as a detailed interview (clinical judgement). Meehl specified two conditions for a fair comparison of these contrasting approaches to decision making.
