Intra-individual measures of association in neuropsychology: Inferential methods for comparing a single case with a control or normative sample

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 989-1000

  Crawford, John R ^a   Garthwaite, Paul H ^b   Howell, David C ^c   Venneri, Annalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

IIMA; Single case methods; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0242391776     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617703970032     Document Type: Article

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