Some supplementary methods for the analysis of WAIS-IV index scores in neuropsychological assessment

Journal of Neuropsychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-211

  Crawford, John R ^a   Garthwaite, Paul H ^b   Longman, R Stewart ^c   Batty, Abigail M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d PEARSON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84866110928     PISSN: 17486645     EISSN: 17486653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-6653.2011.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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