Effects of examiner error on neuropsychological test results in a multi-site study

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 977-988

  Kozora, E ^a,b   Kongs, S ^c   Hampton, M ^a   Zhang, Lening ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Examiner training; Inter rater reliability; Inter test reliability; Multi site study; Neuropsychological tests; Scoring errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; TRAINING; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 57349122072     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040701679025     Document Type: Article

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