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Analysing the Expert Judgment of a Rehabilitation Counsellor: A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2015

James A. Athanasou  and
Esther Kaufmann
James A. Athanasou*
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Australia. athanasou@optusnet.com.au
Esther Kaufmann
Affiliation:
University of Teacher Education of Central Switzerland, Switzerland.
*
*Address for correspondence: James A. Athanasou, Private Practice and University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
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Abstract

This case study analysed the expert judgments of a rehabilitation counsellor. The counsellor was given 37 accident victims' self-ratings of health, energy, daily activities, self-esteem, personal relations, financial resources and living conditions. The accident victims also rated their own overall quality of life as poor or good. The expert was required to make judgments about whether the quality of life was poor or good in each case and matched the ratings of the accident victims in 64.8% of cases. The results suggest that under conditions of uncertainty and complexity an expert may be more accurate than chance but still fail to use the properties of information to their maximum advantage.

Keywords

counsellor judgmentdecision-makingexpertlens model equation
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Articles
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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , 01 November 2010 , pp. 73 - 84
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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