Inferential methods for comparing two single cases

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 377-400

  Crawford, John R ^a   Garthwaite, Paul H ^b   Wood, Liam T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Credible limits; Dissociations; Multiple indicators; Neuropsychological methods; Single case methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 79958753090     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2011.559158     Document Type: Article

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