Some supplementary methods for the analysis of the RBANS

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 365-374

  Crawford, John R ^a   Garthwaite, Paul H ^b   Morrice, Nicola ^a   Duff, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Base rates; Profile analysis; Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; Single case methods; Test interpretation software

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONFERRONI CORRECTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERROR; HUMAN; MAHALANOBIS DISTANCE INDEX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; REPEATABLE BATTERY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS; SCORING SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866060979     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025652     Document Type: Article

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