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Peer reviewedHsu, Louis M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Demonstrates the consequences on total misdiagnosis rates of using conventional (fixed) rather than flexible (Bayesian) rules when using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory in diagnosis. Concludes that the range of base rates and the separation of distributions of normal and abnormal scores affect the difference in the misdiagnosis…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Personality Measures
