Estimating the Percentage of the Population With Abnormally Low Scores (or Abnormally Large Score Differences) on Standardized Neuropsychological Test Batteries: A Generic Method With Applications

Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 419-430

  Crawford, John R ^a   Garthwaite, Paul H ^b   Gault, Catherine B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo methods; multiple tests; neuropsychological assessment; prevalence of deficits; single case inference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STANDARD; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; ADULT; ALGORITHM; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 34548151810     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.21.4.419     Document Type: Article

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