Some Supplementary Methods for the Analysis of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 888-898

  Crawford, John R ^a   Garthwaite, Paul H ^b   Sutherland, David ^a   Borland, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Base rates; Executive function; Profile analysis; Single case methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DELIS KAPLAN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SYSTEM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAHALANOBIS DISTANCE INDEX; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155188387     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023712     Document Type: Article

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