Journal article
The Importance of Calibration in Clinical Psychology
Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), Vol.27(4), pp.840-854
06/2020
DOI: 10.1177/1073191117752055
PMCID: PMC6778000
PMID: 29457474
Abstract
Accuracy has several elements, not all of which have received equal attention in the field of clinical psychology. Calibration, the degree to which a probabilistic estimate of an event reflects the true underlying probability of the event, has largely been neglected in the field of clinical psychology in favor of other components of accuracy such as discrimination (e.g., sensitivity, specificity, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve). Although it is frequently overlooked, calibration is a critical component of accuracy with particular relevance for prognostic models and risk-assessment tools. With advances in personalized medicine and the increasing use of probabilistic (0% to 100%) estimates and predictions in mental health research, the need for careful attention to calibration has become increasingly important.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Importance of Calibration in Clinical Psychology
- Creators
- Oliver Lindhiem - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USAIsaac T Petersen - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USALucas K Mentch - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USAEric A Youngstrom - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), Vol.27(4), pp.840-854
- DOI
- 10.1177/1073191117752055
- PMID
- 29457474
- PMCID
- PMC6778000
- NLM abbreviation
- Assessment
- ISSN
- 1073-1911
- eISSN
- 1552-3489
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2020
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984070837402771
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