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" A Paul Meehl reader : "
Paul E. Meehl ; edited by Niels G. Waller [and others].
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892341
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Meehl, Paul E., (Paul Everett),1920-2003.
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A Paul Meehl reader : : essays on the practice of scientific psychology /\ Paul E. Meehl ; edited by Niels G. Waller [and others].
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Mahwah, N.J. :: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,, ©2006.
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Multivariate applications series
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xiii, 578 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm ++ 1 CD-RDM (4 3/4 in.).
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0805852506
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: 9780805852509
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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Psychology-- Philosophy.
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Psychology-- Methodology.
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Psychology-- Philosophy.
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Psychology, Clinical-- methods.
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Onderzoek.
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Psychologie.
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Mental Disorders-- diagnosis.
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Philosophy.
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Psychological Theory.
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150/.1
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BF38.5.M389 2006
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WM 105M494p 2006
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77.04bcl
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Waller, Niels G.
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