Some methodological problems in the quantification of clinical assessment by Q array

"1. A statement of the desirable characteristics of an instrument for quantifying clinical assessments is given . . . . 2. The variable of health-sickness defined by the operations described in this paper seems indistinguishable at this point from the characteristic attribute of self-assessors...

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Published in:Journal of Consulting Psychology 1957-02, Vol.21 (1), p.57-62
Main Authors: Kogan, William S, Quinn, Robert, Ax, Albert F, Ripley, Herbert S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Judgment (Not Diagnosis)
Health
Human
Humans
Measurement
Old Medline
Psychometrics
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Summary:"1. A statement of the desirable characteristics of an instrument for quantifying clinical assessments is given . . . . 2. The variable of health-sickness defined by the operations described in this paper seems indistinguishable at this point from the characteristic attribute of self-assessors described in several papers as social desirability. 3. This variable in Q arrays should be controlled within the structure of the Q array. Failure to do so obscures the interrelationship of what we have described as "cultural stereotypes' and other variables in assessments within the particular problem studied. Statistical separation of these variables is possible but cumbersome and inefficient."
ISSN:0095-8891
0022-006X
1946-1887
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/h0045405