Advantages and disadvantages of separate norms for African Americans

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 270-275

  Manly, Jennifer J ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAYO'S OLDER AFRICAN AMERICANS NORMATIVE STUDIES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 20444430885     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040590945346     Document Type: Review

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