Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction to the scientific foundations of clinical assessment -- Reliability of clinical assessment measures -- Validity of clinical assessment measures -- Applying psychometric evidence to clinical judgments -- How to evaluate commonly used statistical methods and outcomes -- The contributions of factor analysis to clinical assessment -- The utility of science-based clinical assessment -- The conditional and dynamic nature of psychometric evidence -- Using data from multiple sources in clinical assessment.
A detailed glossary that defines key measurement and assessment concepts is also included, making this book an invaluable reference and supplementary text for anyone who does clinical assessment in the health and mental health domains.
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