Accounting for estimated IQ in neuropsychological test performance with regression-based techniques

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1012-1022

  Testa, S Marc ^a   Winicki, Jessica M ^a   Pearlson, Godfrey D ^a,b,c   Gordon, Barry ^a   Schretlen, David J ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Biometry; Diagnostic errors; Intelligence; Neuropsychological tests; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72749123230     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709990713     Document Type: Article

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