Determination of the smoking gun of intent: significance testing of forced choice results in social security claimants

Learning Objectives:

1. Explain the rationale for using a p level of .20 when testing the significance of a below chance result on a forced choice performance validity test.
2. Discuss why raising the significance level from .05 to .20 is useful to practitioners/researchers.

Binder, L. M., & Chafetz, M. D. (2017). Determination of the smoking gun of intent: significance testing of forced choice results in social security claimants. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 1-13.