Intent to fail: Significance testing of forced choice test results

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1366-1375

  Binder, Laurence M ^a   Larrabee, Glenn J ^b   Millis, Scott R ^c  

^a Independent Practice   (United States)

^b Independent Practice   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Malingering; Motivation; Performance validity testing; Response bias

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84920547116     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2014.978383     Document Type: Article

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