Clinical Reasoning & Actuarial Prediction

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Clinical Reasoning & Actuarial Prediction
… On the other hand are the psychological actuaries who regard natural clinical reasoning as so flawed as to be virtually obsolete and who seek to replace it with reliable statistical formulas.

Conclusion
… No contemporary computer can match the skill of the expert clinician in recognizing and weighing cues and inferences, and assembling efficient patterns. However, computers excel at …