The accuracy of guestimates
AUTOR(ES)
McLean, Iain
FONTE
The Royal Society of Medicine
RESUMO
At times a clinician must describe the size of a lesion when measurement presents difficulties. A ‘guestimate’ may then be recorded. We tested the accuracy of forensic clinicians (10 physicians and 1 nurse) in guestimating the sizes of ten test objects, comparing their performance with 13 individuals from other professions. The participants were permitted to handle the objects but not to use a measuring device.
