A latent variable model approach for assembling and scoring screening tests for dementia

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 399-407

  Shen, Jianzhao ^a   Crane, Paul ^b   Gao, Sujuan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Item selection and scoring; Latent variable model

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEGRO; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345304262     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2003-5507     Document Type: Conference Paper

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