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Previous chapters emphasized that clinical judgments are influenced by the validity of data available to the assessor. This chapter examines principles of validation—how psychological assessment instruments can be evaluated on the degree to which they provide valid and useful information.
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Haynes, S.N., O’Brien, W.H. (2000). Psychometric Foundations of Behavioral Assessment. In: Principles and Practice of Behavioral Assessment. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-47469-9_11
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