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Autor:
Blase Gambino
Publikováno v:
Journal of Gambling Studies. 34:1109-1138
The present paper has three objectives. First, methods for comparing alternative tests for the purpose of replacement of one test with a second presumably superior test are described. Second, problems in the interpretation of the relevance of differe
Autor:
Blase Gambino
Publikováno v:
Journal of Gambling Studies. 22:393-404
The difference between test accuracy and predictive accuracy is presented and defined. The failure to distinguish between these two types of measures is shown to have led to a misguided debate over the interpretation of prevalence estimates. The dist
Autor:
Blase Gambino
Publikováno v:
Journal of Gambling Studies. 22:321-328
The case is presented that researchers interested in policy aimed at treating the pathological gambler need to shift focus to improving the utility of prevalence estimates. It is argued that researchers supplement prevalence estimates with practical
Autor:
Blase Gambino
Publikováno v:
Journal of Gambling Studies. 15:223-232
Two-stage designs offer several advantages for purposes of test validation and prevalence estimation. These include enhanced precision and increased cost-efficiency. Cost efficiency is obtained when the best available verification criterion is too ex
Autor:
Blase Gambino
Publikováno v:
Journal of Gambling Studies. 13:343-351
The concern that the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) and other screening tests have a relatively high rate of false positive errors which results in overestimation of the true prevalence in general population studies is shown to be unfounded. False
Autor:
Blase Gambino
Publikováno v:
Journal of Gambling Studies. 13:291-296
Autor:
Thomas N. Cummings, Blase Gambino
Publikováno v:
Journal of gambling studies. 8(2)
Seventy-five clinicians who treat compulsive gamblers were surveyed. Each rated 89 clinical tasks and responsibilities for importance in the treatment of this population. Analysis of those items for which a plurality of clinicians rated the item as c
Autor:
Blase Gambino
Publikováno v:
Journal of gambling studies. 30(3)
Much of the debate over how best to estimate the prevalence of problem gambling in the general population is driven by a number of misconceptions, misinterpretations, and questionable, sometimes erroneous assumptions. Among the latter is the failure
Autor:
Blase Gambino
Publikováno v:
Journal of gambling studies. 28(4)
The focus of this report is to examine the process of validation of new screening tests designed to detect the problem gambler in research and practice settings. A hierarchical or phases of evaluation model is presented as a conceptual framework to d
Publikováno v:
Journal of Gambling Studies. 9:169-184
A sample of 93 veterans (92.4% males), with a median age of 41, (Mean=43.5) attending clinics for problem drinking, drug abuse and other mental disorders was screened for problems associated with the diagnosis of pathological gambling. The diagnostic