Embedded measures of performance validity using verbal fluency tests in a clinical sample

Applied Neuropsychology:Adult

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-146

  Sugarman, Michael A ^a   Axelrod, Bradley N ^a  

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

Author keywords

COWAT; effort; logistic regression; malingering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924907095     PISSN: 23279095     EISSN: 23279109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2013.873439     Document Type: Article

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