We found 136 such studies, which yielded 617 distinct comparisons between the two methods of prediction. These studies concerned a wide range of predictive criteria, including medical and mental health diagnosis, prognosis, treatment recommendations, and treatment outcomes; personality description; success in training or employment; adjustment to institutional life (., military, prison); socially relevant behaviors such as parole violation and violence; socially relevant behaviors in the aggregate, such as bankruptcy of firms; and many other predictive criteria. The clinicians included psych- ologists, psychiatrists, social workers, members of parole boards and admissions committees, and a variety of other individuals. Their educations range.
