Standard error in the Jacobson and Truax Reliable Change Index: The "classical approach" leads to poor estimates

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 899-901

  Temkin, Nancy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Practice effects; Reliable change; Standard error of difference scores; Standard error of measurement of difference scores; Test retest data

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 8344231615     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617704106115     Document Type: Article

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