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Unstructured clinical interviews are inaccurate tools for diagnostic decision-making. While structured diagnostic evaluations improve reliability, they are infrequently used in clinical practice. Empirical approaches are a hallmark of evidenced-based assessment and may reduce burdens of structured interviews. We explore two approaches to empirical prediction of diagnosis, the naïve nomogram, and classification tree analysis (CTA). To illustrate the clinical utility of each approach, we compared their use in a sample of 6-year-olds ( |
