In a study by Booksh et al., the WMT performs better than clinical judgment in classifying students asked to simulate ADHD

Poor effort has a greater effect on Connors’ CPT than does ADHD.

Clinical judgment has high false positive rate, whereas WMT has a zero false positive rate. The Fifteen Item Test displays zero sensitivity (It is impossible to get worse sensitivity than that!).

Booksh, R., Pella, R., Singh & Gouvier, W. (in press) Ability of College Students to Simulate ADHD on Objective Measures of Attention. Journal of Attention Disorders.

For pre-print, email wgouvie@lsu.edu.

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