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Some Contributions to the Measurement of Psychopathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Joseph L. Fleiss ,
Barry J. Gurland  and
John E. Cooper
Joseph L. Fleiss
Affiliation:
Biometrics Research, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 722 West 168 Street, New York, New York 10032
Barry J. Gurland
Affiliation:
Biometrics Research; and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University
John E. Cooper
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, London, S.E.5
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This paper presents some of the more important results of a factor analysis of the mental state ratings made as part of the United States–United Kingdom Diagnostic Project's cross-national study. The project was organized in order to help account for the large differences between the two countries in the admission rates for schizophrenia and for the affective disorders (see Kramer, 1969, and Zubin, 1969). The major results of the study have been reported by Cooper, Kendell et al. (1969), Gurland et al. (1969), Cooper (1970), and Cooper, Kendell, Gurland et al. (1972).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 553 , December 1971 , pp. 647 - 656
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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