Latent Structure and Factorial Invariance of a Neuropsychological Test Battery for the Study of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 742-756

  Dowling, N Maritza ^a   Hermann, Bruce ^a   La Rue, Asenath ^a   Sager, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Confirmatory factor analysis; Factorial invariance; Family history of dementia; Neuropsychological test battery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78249250560     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020176     Document Type: Article

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