Prediction in forensic and neuropsychology : sound statistical practices / edited by Ronald D. Franklin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Franklin, Ronald D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical neuropsychology--Statistical methods.

Clinical neuropsychology.

Neuropsychological tests--Statistical methods.

Neuropsychological tests.

Forensic neuropsychology--Statistical methods.

Forensic neuropsychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Psychologists are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the ecological validity of their assessment procedures--to show that the recommendations concluding their evaluations are relevant to urgent concerns in the legal and social policy arenas, such as predicting dangerousness, awarding compensation, and choosing a custodial parent. How much damage does a referred patient have? Who or what ""caused"" the damage? What impact will it have on his or her future life, work, and family? And what can be done to remediate the damage? The purpose of this book is to provide sound objectiv

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Advocacy in the Forensic Practice of Neuropsychology; 3 Neuropsychological Hypothesis Testing; 4 Bayesian Inference and Belief Networks; 5 Neuro psycho logical Evaluations as Statistical Evidence; 6 Assessing Reliable Neuropsychological Change; 7 What Goes Together and What Does Not Go Together-Configural Frequency Analysis in the Practice of Neuropsychology; 8 Actuarial Assessment of Malingering: Rohling's Interpretive Method; 9 Recovery of Function; 10 The Prediction of Violent Behavior

Author IndexSubject Index; Web Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-66971-6

1-282-32200-1

9786612322006

1-4106-0708-9

9781410607089

OCLC:

437222324