Clinical intuition and test scores as a basis for diagnosis.

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The present study has compared the ability of a group of 15 experienced clinicians to diagnose mental defectives and schizophrenics on the basis of purely qualitative interpretation of test responses, with the diagnostic results of applying an objective scoring technique to the same material. The material evaluated consisted of the CVS test responses of 36 subjects: 12 schizophrenics, 12 mental defectives, and 12 normals. The results indicate that the performance of the clinicians under these circumstances is comparable to the use of an objective scoring technique, both performances being significantly better than chance. A control group of graduate students did not differ significantly from chance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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