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The Impact of Education and Experience on Diagnostic Accuracy

Gross, Susan I
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1433424760

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2015, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
This study was designed to examine the role that education and experience play in diagnostic accuracy. Four groups of raters, differing in education (low or high) and experience (low or high), were asked to categorize 93 children with typical development, specific language impairment (SLI), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on their performance during a standardized five-minute free play assessment. After reviewing the child’s play, raters categorized the child into general developmental category (typical or atypical) and specific diagnostic category (typical, SLI, ADHD, ASD) and then ranked their confidence in each categorization. Education and experience did not contribute to accuracy generally or specifically. However, raters classified children with typical development more accurately than children with ASD, ADHD, or SLI, and they also had more success identifying ASD than ADHD or SLI. Overall, raters were more confident when the classification was correct than when it was incorrect.
Elizabeth Short (Advisor)
Robert Greene (Committee Member)
Brooke Macnamara (Committee Member)
35 p.
Psychology
diagnostic accuracy; confidence; pretend play; preschool; specific language impairment; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; autism spectrum disorder

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  • Gross, S. I. (2015). The Impact of Education and Experience on Diagnostic Accuracy [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1433424760

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gross, Susan. The Impact of Education and Experience on Diagnostic Accuracy. 2015. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1433424760.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gross, Susan. "The Impact of Education and Experience on Diagnostic Accuracy." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1433424760

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