Garb (1997) reviewed the empirical evidence for social class bias, race bias, and gender bias in clinical judgment. Based on this review, the author recommended that clinicians should

a. use statistical prediction rules instead of clinical prediction or judgment whenever possible.
b. accept only clients who are similar to the therapist in terms of race, social class, and gender to the extent possible.
c. both of the above
d. neither of the above


A

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