Computers will become increasingly important for psychological assessment: not that there's anything wrong with that!
Though one can expect that computer programs will become increasingly important for psychological assessment, current automated assessment programs and statistical-prediction rules are of limited value. Validity has not been clearly established for many automated assessment programs. Statistical-prediction rules are of limited value because they have typically been based on limited information that has not been demonstrated to be optimal and they have almost never been shown to be powerful. Recommendations are made for building and evaluating new computer programs. Finally, comments are made about the ethics of using computers to make judgments.
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Department of Behavioral Health, Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15206-1297, USA. garb.howard@pittsburgh.va.gov
D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012984:Software