| Psychological Science in the Public Interest: the case for juried analyses. | |
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PMID: 11273399 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The inaugural issue of Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI), a new publishing initiative by the American Psychological Society, accompanies this issue of Psychological Science. The report it contains, "Psychological Science Can Improve Diagnostic Decisions," by John Swets, Robyn Dawes, and John Monahan, represents a careful effort by those authors to summarize the potential of modern psychological science to enhance real-world diagnostic decisions. Such decisions (Is a cancer present? Will this individual commit violence? Will an impending storm strike? Will this applicant succeed?) are prevalent and crucial to the lives of individuals and to the well-being of our society. Subsequent issues of PSPI will address other important topics of public interest in areas where psychological science may have the potential to inform and improve public policy. Each of those reports will also represent the efforts of a distinguished team of scientists to report the available evidence, and the implications of that evidence, fairly and comprehensively. In this article, we describe the goals, procedures, and potential of PSPI. |
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S J Ceci; R A Bjork |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychological science Volume: 11 ISSN: 0956-7976 ISO Abbreviation: Psychol Sci Publication Date: 2000 May |
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Created Date: 2001-03-01 Completed Date: 2001-04-12 Revised Date: 2011-05-20 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9007542 Medline TA: Psychol Sci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 177-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. sjc9@cornell.edu |
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Humans Periodicals as Topic* Psychology* Social Problems / psychology* United States |
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