Goldberg's (1965) study, in which the accuracy of clinical judgments by Ph.D.-level and predoctoral clinicians was compared to those based on statistical indices, concluded that
a. doctoral-level clinicians were significantly superior to predoctoral clinicians.
b. clinicians in general were significantly superior to statistical indices.
c. both of the above
d. neither of the above
D
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