• DOI:10.1126/SCIENCE.2648573
Corpus ID: 7492482

Clinical versus actuarial judgment.

@article{Dawes1989ClinicalVA,
  title={Clinical versus actuarial judgment.},
  author={R. Dawes and D. Faust and P. Meehl},
  journal={Science},
  year={1989},
  volume={243 4899},
  pages={
          1668-74
        }
}

• R. Dawes, D. Faust, P. Meehl
• Published 1989
• Medicine
• Science

Professionals are frequently consulted to diagnose and predict human behavior; optimal treatment and planning often hinge on the consultant's judgmental accuracy. The consultant may rely on one of two contrasting approaches to decision-making--the clinical and actuarial methods. Research comparing these two approaches shows the actuarial method to be superior. Factors underlying the greater accuracy of actuarial methods, sources of resistance to the scientific findings, and the benefits of… Expand

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