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McGrath, Robert E. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
Professional psychologists are often confronted with the task of making binary decisions about individuals, such as predictions about future behavior or employee selection. Test users familiar with linear models and Bayes's theorem are likely to assume that the accuracy of decisions is consistently improved by combination of outcomes across valid…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Statistical Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Prediction

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