On the interpretation of below-chance responding in forced-choice tests

Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-11

  Frederick, Richard I ^a   Speed, F Michael ^b  

^a US Med Ctr for Federal Prisoners   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forced choice testing; Hypothesis testing; Malingering; Neuropsychology; Psychological evidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RECUMBENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECEPTION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33846866731     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191106292009     Document Type: Article

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