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Idiographic and nomothetic research and assessment strategies differ in several ways. They differ in the degree to which their methods are standardized across clients, in the degree to which their strategies focus on groups versus individuals, the degree to which inferences about one person depend on comparisons with persons, and in the generalizability of inferences across persons. Nomothetic research strategies focus on identifying covariations between variables using data from groups of persons. They are used to develop models of behavior problems that are generalizable to the “average” person.
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Haynes, S.N., O’Brien, W.H. (2000). Idiographic and Nomothetic Assessment. In: Principles and Practice of Behavioral Assessment. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-47469-9_6
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