According to a study by Desmarais et al.(2010),what is the association between clinicians' confidence and accuracy in predicting short-term in-patient violence?
A)There is a small relationship between confidence and accuracy.
B)The is a strong relationship between confidence and accuracy.
C)As confidence increases,accuracy decreases.
D)The results from this study suggest that clinicians tend not to have an overconfidence bias.
E)Most clinicians rated their confidence as very low.

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The study found a small relationship between clinicians' confidence and accuracy in predicting short-term in-patient violence. In other words, the more confident a clinician was in their prediction, the more likely they were to be accurate, but the overall relationship was not very strong.

According to a Study by Desmarais Et Al