Author Question: A recent, large-scale meta-analysis of clinical judgment studies (Spengler et al., 2009) suggests ... (Read 94 times)

jazziefee · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

A recent, large-scale meta-analysis of clinical judgment studies (Spengler et al., 2009) suggests that higher levels of clinical experience

a. are associated with greatly improved prediction.
b. are associated with slightly improved prediction.
c. have no impact on prediction quality.
d. are negatively associated with prediction quality.

Question 2

Garb (1997) reviewed the empirical evidence for social class bias, race bias, and gender bias in clinical judgment. Based on this review, the author recommended that clinicians should

a. use statistical prediction rules instead of clinical prediction or judgment whenever possible.
b. accept only clients who are similar to the therapist in terms of race, social class, and gender to the extent possible.
c. both of the above
d. neither of the above