Category Test validity indicators: Overview and practice recommendations

Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 241-274

  Sweet, Jerry J ^a,b   King, John H ^c  

^a Evanston NW Healthcare Medical Group   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Category test; Effort; Malingering; TBI; Validity indicators

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CATEGORY TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALINGERING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036967517     PISSN: 15211029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J151v03n01_04     Document Type: Review

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