A survey of 137 Psy.D. and Ph.D. clinical graduate students out of 561 at 4 Ph.D. schools and 4 Psy.D. schools indicated that these Ph D students found knowledge of statistics and research design to be more useful than the 98 Psy.D. students. A need to replicate and to ascertain the basis for such differences was discussed.
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