Comparative utility of Barona formulae, WTAR demographic algorithms, and WRAT-3 reading for estimating premorbid ability in a diverse research sample

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 422-433

  Ball, J D ^a   Hart, Robert P ^b   Stutts, Michael L ^a   Turf, Elizabeth ^b   Barth, Jeffrey T ^c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 34247117235     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040600582577     Document Type: Article

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