Lecture 11: Assessment Wrap-Up

Is Clinical or Actuarial assessment and prediction structured and objective?

Actuarial

Does the clinician select, measure, and combine variables in Clinical or Actuarial assessment and prediction?

Clinical

Does the clinician produce assessments/predictions solely according to clinical experience in Clinical or Actuarial assessment and prediction?

Clinical

Are assessments/predictions based on prediction equations and established cutoff scores in Clinical or Actuarial assessment and prediction?

Actuarial

Are Clinical or Actuarial assessment and prediction methods more accurate, on average?

Actuarial

Do clinicians with more training and/or experience make more accurate clinical assessments and predictions?

No

True or False: Clinical assessments and predictions are less accurate than Actuarial ones because humans tend to ignore base rates, assign non-optimal weights to cues, and are subject to numerous biases.

TRUE

True or False: Clinical assessments and predictions are less accurate than Actuarial ones because humans excel at integrating complex information in an optimal and consistent fashion.

FALSE

True or False: Clinical assessments and predictions are less accurate than Actuarial ones because humans typically don't receive adequate feedback on the accuracy of their judgments.

TRUE

True or False: Research suggests that many clinicians favor Clinical over Actuarial approaches to assessment and prediction because the Actuarial approach can seem de-humanizing.

TRUE

True or False: Research suggests that the accuracy of clinical judgment can be improved by using computers for the collection, scoring, and interpretation of clinical data whenever possible.

TRUE