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Computer‐Assisted Clinimetric Tool for the Study of Facial Expression
Author(s) -
Holman Melisa L.,
Neely J. Gail,
Joaquin Allen H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1097/00005537-199602000-00004
Subject(s) - measure (data warehouse) , raw data , facial expression , construct (python library) , computer science , expression (computer science) , construct validity , raw score , artificial intelligence , data mining , statistics , mathematics , psychometrics , programming language
Clinimetrics is the measurement of clinical phenomena; more specifically, it is mensuration, the act of acquiring and labeling basic raw data that is used to describe or measure symptoms, signs, and other distinctly clinical phenomena. 1 Over the last 5 years, a new computer method for measuring facial expression has been developed. Refinement and validation of this technique are necessary before clinical applications are appropriate. Four hundred fifty data points from two human observers and the computed method were compared with one another by using indices of location, dispersion, and association within the framework of the logical construct of validity. These results suggest that the computed method is valid. This new method may be nearly ready for clinical applications as a primary or adjunctive clinimetric tool.