Sensitivity and specificity of a digit symbol recognition trial in the identification of response bias

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 420-428

  Kim, Nancy ^a   Boone, Kyle B ^b   Victor, Tara ^c   Lu, Po ^d   Keatinge, Carolyn ^a   Mitchell, Cary ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic neuropsychology; Malingering symptom validity testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RECOGNITION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954821747     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acq040     Document Type: Article

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