Citation

Haese PN, Meile RL. Community Ment. Health J. 1967; 3(4): 335-342.

Affiliation

Nebraska Psychiatric Institute, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, 602 S. 44th Ave., 68105, Omaha.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1967, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF02349232

PMID

24186686

Abstract

Two scoring methods, a conditional probability method and the currently used summational method, were tested with a psychiatric case identification instrument, the 22-item Mid-town index. The two methods very similarly classified, as either ill or well, persons in both a patient and a community sample. Although the less costly summational method is preferable for current use with the 22-item index, the conditional probability method appears to have advantages worthy of further research. Possible approaches for improving the conditional probability method for use in case identification are presented.

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