Comparing a single case to a control sample: Testing for neuropsychological deficits and dissociations in the presence of covariates

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1166-1178

  Crawford, John R ^a   Garthwaite, Paul H ^b   Ryan, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covariates; Single case; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; EFFECT SIZE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 80054060640     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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