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Psychology

Theses/Dissertations

Utah State University

1989

Clinical decision

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A Method For Knowledge Engineering In Clinical Decision Making, Sheila S. Giere May 1989

A Method For Knowledge Engineering In Clinical Decision Making, Sheila S. Giere

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The purpose of this study was to validate the problem behavior evaluation section of an expert system computer program, Class.BD. Class.BD was developed to assist special education personnel in determining whether students qualify for special education services as behaviorally disordered/severely emotionally disturbed students.

The subjects were six Utah who regularly individuals from 1) work with the state of behaviorally disordered/severely emotionally disturbed students and 2) participate in multidisciplinary assessment teams. Three of the subjects were special educators, and three were school psychologists.

Specifically, this study investigated the impact of five behavioral factors on the subjects' ratings of the seriousness of …