Comparison of a single case to a control or normative sample in neuropsychology: Development of a Bayesian approach

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-372

  Crawford, John R ^a   Garthwaite, Paul H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL TASK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 34250343666     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290701290146     Document Type: Article

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