The test validation summary

Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-236

  Frederick, Richard I ^a   Bowden, Stephen C ^b  

^a US Med Ctr for Federal Prisoners   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malingering; Predictive power; Psychological testing; Test utilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CHILD; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; MALINGERING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350041858     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191108325005     Document Type: Article

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