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Use of Linear Models to Analyze Physicians' Decisions
Robert S. Wigton
Linear models of judgment are powerful tools for studying medical decision making. The recent increase in applications of these models to medicine reflects more available computing resources and the parallel development of clinical prediction rules derived from multivariate analysis of patient data. Psychological research into expert and novice decision making shows that linear models derived from judges' decisions usually predict future decisions more accurately than either the judge or a mechanical application of the judge's stated policies. Studies of medical decision making have shown similar results, as well as marked variation among experts in how they appear to use clinical information. Cognitive feedback, which is feedback to the learner of the judgment model derived from previous decisions, is highly effective for teaching complex judgment tasks. Many technical problems remain to be mastered in constructing linear models of medical judgment. These include how to select the correct variables, how to provide a selection of variables broad enough to accommodate individual variations in strategy, how to model intercorrelated variables, and how to char acterize and aggregate individual strategies. Despite the methodologic challenges, linear models remain a powerful method for studying how physicians combine multiple items of imperfect information to make a judgment. These techniques may provide important insights into variation in physician judgments. In addition, they hold promise in teaching the appro priate integration of complex data in the day-to-day practice of medicine. Key words: linear models; medical judgment; diagnosis; prognosis. (Med Decis Making 8:241-252, 1988)
Medical Decision Making, Vol. 8, No. 4,
241-252 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X8800800404
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