Reliable Digit Span: A Systematic Review and Cross-Validation Study

Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Schroeder, Ryan W ^a   Twumasi Ankrah, Philip ^a   Baade, Lyle E ^a   Marshall, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

analysis; malingering; Reliable Digit Span (RDS); review; symptom validity

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; MALINGERING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MALINGERING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857585342     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191111428764     Document Type: Review

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