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Meehl, Paul Everett was born on January 3, 1920 in Minneapolis. Son of Otto John and Blanche Edna (Duncan) Swedal.
(Psychodiagnosis was first published in 1973. This volume ...)
Psychodiagnosis was first published in 1973. This volume brings together a collection of the important papers of the distinguished clinical psychologist Paul E. Meehl. Among the thirteen papers are two which appear for the first time in this volume. The one entitled "Why I Do Not Attend Case Conferences" is likely to provoke controversy among clinical psychologists and other practitioners who participate in psychiatric case conferences, such as psychiatrists and neurologists. In this paper, Dr. Meehl presents a comprehensive critique of the methods typically followed in conducting and participating in such conferences and cites many illustrative examples of the issues under discussion. He offers specific suggestions for improving conference procedures, explaining: "I have tried to offer at least the beginnings of a constructive plan for bringing the reinforcement schedule and cognitive feedback of the psychiatric case conference somewhat closer to those which prevail in the clinicopathological conference that has been so successful as a teaching device in the non-psychiatric fields of medicine." Also published here for the first time is a paper presenting a new statistical search method for detecting loose syndromes and classifying patients accordingly.
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( Clinical versus Statistical Prediction is Paul Meehl's...)
Clinical versus Statistical Prediction is Paul Meehl's famous examination of benefits and disutilities related to the different ways of combining information to make predictions. It is a clarifying analysis as relevant today as when it first appeared. A major methodological problem for clinical psychology concerns the relation between clinical and actuarial methods of arriving at diagnoses and predicting behavior. Without prejudging the question as to whether these methods are fundamentally different, we can at least set forth the obvious distinctions between them in practical applications. The problem is to predict how a person is going to behave: What is the most accurate way to go about this task? Clinical versus Statistical Prediction offers a penetrating and thorough look at the pros and cons of human judgment versus actuarial integration of information as applied to the prediction problem. Widely considered the leading text on the subject, Paul Meehl's landmark analysis is reprinted here in its entirety, including his updated preface written forty-two years after the first publication of the book. This classic work is a must-have for students and practitioners interested in better understanding human behavior, for anyone wanting to make the most accurate decisions from all sorts of data, and for those interested in the ethics and intricacies of prediction. As Meehl puts it, "When one is dealing with human lives and life opportunities, it is immoral to adopt a mode of decision-making which has been demonstrated repeatedly to be either inferior in success rate or, when equal, costlier to the client or the taxpayer."
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(Psychodiagnosis was first published in 1973. This volume ...)
Psychodiagnosis was first published in 1973. This volume brings together a collection of the important papers of the distinguished clinical psychologist Paul E. Meehl. Among the thirteen papers are two which appear for the first time in this volume. The one entitled "Why I Do Not Attend Case Conferences" is likely to provoke controversy among clinical psychologists and other practitioners who participate in psychiatric case conferences, such as psychiatrists and neurologists. In this paper, Dr. Meehl presents a comprehensive critique of the methods typically followed in conducting and participating in such conferences and cites many illustrative examples of the issues under discussion. He offers specific suggestions for improving conference procedures, explaining: "I have tried to offer at least the beginnings of a constructive plan for bringing the reinforcement schedule and cognitive feedback of the psychiatric case conference somewhat closer to those which prevail in the clinicopathological conference that has been so successful as a teaching device in the non-psychiatric fields of medicine." Also published here for the first time is a paper presenting a new statistical search method for detecting loose syndromes and classifying patients accordingly.
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(Can taxometric procedures be used to distinguish types (s...)
Can taxometric procedures be used to distinguish types (species, latent classes, taxa) from continua (dimensions, latent traits, factors); and, if so, how? Aimed at demystifying this process, Waller and Meehl unpack Meehl's work on the MAXCOV-HITMAX procedure to reveal the underlying rationale of MAXCOV in simple terms and show how this technique can be profitably used in a variety of disciplines by researchers in their taxonomic work.
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("Clinical versus Statistical Prediction" is Paul Meehl's ...)
"Clinical versus Statistical Prediction" is Paul Meehl's famous examination of benefits and disutilities related to the different ways of combining information to make predictions. It is a clarifying analysis as relevant today as when it first appeared. A major methodological problem for clinical psychology concerns the relation between clinical and actuarial methods of arriving at diagnoses and predicting behavior. Without prejudging the question as to whether these methods are fundamentally different, we can at least set forth the obvious distinctions between them in practical applications. The problem is to predict how a person is going to behave: What is the most accurate way to go about this task? "Clinical versus Statistical Prediction" offers a penetrating and thorough look at the pros and cons of human judgment versus actuarial integration of information as applied to the prediction problem. Widely considered the leading text on the subject, Paul Meehl's landmark analysis is reprinted here in its entirety, including his updated preface written forty-two years after the first publication of the book. This classic work is a must-have for students and practitioners interested in better understanding human behavior, for anyone wanting to make the most accurate decisions from all sorts of data, and for those interested in the ethics and intricacies of prediction. As Meehl puts it, ""When one is dealing with human lives and life opportunities, it is immoral to adopt a mode of decision-making which has been demonstrated repeatedly to be either inferior in success rate or, when equal, costlier to the client or the taxpayer.""
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Meehl, Paul Everett was born on January 3, 1920 in Minneapolis. Son of Otto John and Blanche Edna (Duncan) Swedal.
Bachelor of Arts Minnesota, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1945. Doctor of Science, Adelphi University, 1984.
Doctor of Science, University Minnesota, 2001.
Instructor, assistant, associate professor, department chairman psychology, University of Minnesota, 1951-1957; professor, University of Minnesota, since 1952; professor department psychiatry Medical School, University of Minnesota, 1952-1990; regents' professor psychology, University of Minnesota, 1968-1989; Hathaway-Meehl professor psychology, University of Minnesota, 1990-1993; regent's professor psychology emeritus, University of Minnesota, since 1993; professor, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, 1953-1956, 69-; professor philosophy, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, since 1971; acting chief clinical psychology, Veterans Administration Hospital., Minneapolis, 1947-1949; participant, Dartmouth Conference on Behavior Theory, 1950; member panel on criminal deterrence, National Academy Science, 1975-1977; practice psychotherapy, 1951-1994; staff, Nicollet Clinic, 1970-1980.
(Can taxometric procedures be used to distinguish types (s...)
("Clinical versus Statistical Prediction" is Paul Meehl's ...)
( Clinical versus Statistical Prediction is Paul Meehl's...)
(Psychodiagnosis was first published in 1973. This volume ...)
(Psychodiagnosis was first published in 1973. This volume ...)
(Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
(Book by Meehl, Paul E.)
(Book by Meehl, Paul)
Fellow American Psychological Society (James McKeen Cattell fellow 1998), Institute for Advanced Study in Rational Psychotherapy. Member American Psychological Association (president 1961-1962, Distinguished Contributor award clinical division 1967, Distinguished Science Controller award 1958, Distinguished Scientist award 1976, Distinguished Contribution to Knowledge award 1993, award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology 1996), American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Philosophy of Science Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Psi Chi.
Married Alyce M. Roworth, September 6, 1941 (deceased 1972). Children: Karen, Erik. Married Leslie Jane Yonce, November 17, 1973.