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Citations
54627
World Ranking
2100
National Ranking
1217

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science
  • 1996 - APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association.
  • 1993 - APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research
  • 1993 - Joseph Zubin Award, Society for Research in Psychopathology
  • 1989 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1979 - Bruno Klopfer Award, Society for Personality Assessment
  • 1958 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association

Overview

Paul E. Meehl was affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Throughout a distinguished career, they contributed to the field of psychology across various dimensions.

The scientist was recognized with multiple awards and honors throughout their career, including the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 1958, the Bruno Klopfer Award from the Society for Personality Assessment in 1979, and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1987.

Additional honors included the William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science (APA) in 1989, the Joseph Zubin Award from the Society for Research in Psychopathology in 1993, the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research in 1993, the APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology in 1996, and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 1998.

There is no record of recent papers, coauthors, book publications, publication venues, or specific fields of study associated with Meehl's work in the provided data.

Best Publications

  • Construct validity in psychological tests.

    Lee J. Cronbach;Paul E. Meehl

  • Clinical versus actuarial judgment

    Robyn M. Dawes;David Faust;Paul E. Meehl

  • Schizotaxia, Schizotypy, Schizophrenia

    Paul E. Meehl

  • Theoretical risks and tabular asterisks: Sir Karl, Sir Ronald, and the slow progress of soft psychology

    Paul E Meehl

  • Clinical Versus Statistical Prediction: A Theoretical Analysis and a Review of the Evidence

    Paul E. Meehl

  • Comparative efficiency of informal (subjective, impressionistic) and formal (mechanical, algorithmic) prediction procedures: The clinical–statistical controversy.

    William M. Grove;Paul E. Meehl

  • Antecedent probability and the efficiency of psychometric signs, patterns, or cutting scores

    Paul E. Meehl;Albert Rosen

  • On a distinction between hypothetical constructs and intervening variables.

    Kenneth MacCorquodale;Paul E. Meehl

  • Theory-testing in psychology and physics: A methodological paradox

    Paul E. Meehl

  • Toward an Integrated Theory of Schizotaxia, Schizotypy, and Schizophrenia

    Paul E. Meehl

  • Why Summaries of Research on Psychological Theories are Often Uninterpretable

    Paul E. Meehl

  • Bootstraps taxometrics: Solving the classification problem in psychopathology.

    Paul E. Meehl

  • Multivariate Taxometric Procedures: Distinguishing Types from Continua

    Niels G. Waller;Paul E. Meehl

  • Clinical versus Statistical Prediction.

    Raymond F. Sletto;Paul E. Meehl

  • Appraising and Amending Theories: The Strategy of Lakatosian Defense and Two Principles that Warrant It

    Paul E. Meehl

  • Factors and Taxa, Traits and Types, Differences of Degree and Differences in Kind

    Paul E. Meehl

  • The dynamics of "structured" personality tests.

    Paul E. Meehl

  • Taxometric analysis. I: Detecting taxonicity with two quantitative indicators using means above and below a sliding cut (MAMBAC procedure)

    Paul E. Meehl;Leslie J. Yonce

  • Causes and Effects of My Disturbing Little Book

    Paul E. Meehl

  • Psychodiagnosis: Selected Papers

    Paul E. Meehl

  • Heuristics and Biases: Clinical versus Actuarial Judgment

    Robyn M. Dawes;David Faust;Paul E. Meehl

Frequent Co-Authors

David Faust
David Faust University of Rhode Island
Robyn M. Dawes
Robyn M. Dawes Carnegie Mellon University
Niels G. Waller
Niels G. Waller University of Minnesota
William M. Grove
William M. Grove University of Minnesota
Harrison G. Gough
Harrison G. Gough University of California, Berkeley
William K. Estes
William K. Estes Harvard University
Dante Cicchetti
Dante Cicchetti University of Minnesota
Harry F. Harlow
Harry F. Harlow University of Wisconsin–Madison
Charles E. Osgood
Charles E. Osgood University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Irving L. Janis
Irving L. Janis Yale University

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