title: The relative effectiveness of two models for scoring the mid-town psychological disorder index.
abstract: Two scoring methods, a conditional probability method and the currently used summational method, were tested with a psychiatric case identification instrument, the 22-item Mid-town index. The two methods very similarly classified, as either ill or well, persons in both a patient and a community sample. Although the less costly summational method is preferable for current use with the 22-item index, the conditional probability method appears to have advantages worthy of further research. Possible approaches for improving the conditional probability method for use in case identification are presented.
authors.affiliation: Nebraska Psychiatric Institute, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, 602 S. 44th Ave., 68105, Omaha.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Haese
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Meile