Introduction to the special section on the use of computers for making judgments and decisions
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1Department of Behavioral Health, Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15206-1297, USA.
Abstract:
Computers have the potential to greatly increase the accuracy of judgments and decisions that are made in the area of psychological assessment. The validity of present-day computer programs are described in the first 2 articles of this Special Section. Both computer-based test interpretation programs and mechanical prediction rules (e.g., statistical prediction rules) are described. Limitations of present-day computer programs are described in the 3rd article along with methodological recommendations for building more powerful rules. In the 4th article, a statistical analysis (neural network modeling) is described that may allow us to build better rules.
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