An Investigation of the Measurement Properties of the Spot-the-Word Test in a Community Sample

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-468

  Mackinnon, Andrew ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dementia; guessing; item and test information; item response theory; premorbid intelligence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; SPOT THE WORD TEST; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGING; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 38349135425     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.19.4.459     Document Type: Article

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