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A Paul Meehl reader :

0805852506

9780805852509

A Paul Meehl reader :

[Book]

essays on the practice of scientific psychology /

Paul E. Meehl ; edited by Niels G. Waller [and others].

Mahwah, N.J. :

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,

©2006.

xiii, 578 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm +

1 CD-RDM (4 3/4 in.).

Multivariate applications series

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Theory building and theory appraisal. Construct validity in psychological tests ; High school yearbooks : a reply to Schwarz ; Nuisance variables and the ex post facto design ; Theoretical risks and tabular asterisks : Sir Karl, Sir Ronald, and the slow progress of soft psychology ; Appraising and amending theories : the strategy of Lakatosian defense and two principles that warrant it -- pt. II. Specific etiology. Specific etiology and other forms of strong influence : some quantitative meanings ; Specific genetic etiology, psychodynamics and therapeutic nihilism -- pt. III. Diagnosis and prediction. Antecedent probability and the efficiency of psychometric signs, patterns, or cutting scores ; Problem sets and solutions for Bayes theorem, base rates and prediction ; Wanted : a good cookbook ; When shall we use our heads instead of the formula? ; Some ruminations on the validation of clinical procedures ; Comparative efficiency of informal (subjective, impressionistic) and formal (mechanical, algorithmic) prediction procedures : the clinical-statistical controversy -- pt. IV. Taxometrics : coherent cut kinetics. Factors and taxa, traits and types, differences of degree and differences in kind ; Bootstraps taxometrics : solving the classification problem in psychopathology ; Clarifications about taxometric method -- pt V. Thinking clearly about psychology. Philosophy of science : help or hindrance? ; The power of quantitative thinking ; Why summaries of research on psychological theories are often uninterpretable.

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Psychology-- Methodology.

Psychology-- Philosophy.

Mental Disorders-- diagnosis.

Philosophy.

Psychological Theory.

Psychology, Clinical-- methods.

Onderzoek.

Psychologie.

Psychology-- Methodology.

Psychology-- Philosophy.

Meehl, Paul E., (Paul Everett),1920-2003.

Waller, Niels G.

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