Using the PDD Behavior Inventory as a Level 2 Screener: A Classification and Regression Trees Analysis

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3006-3022

  Cohen, Ira L ^a   Liu, Xudong ^b   Hudson, Melissa ^b   Gillis, Jennifer ^c   Cavalari, Rachel N S ^c   Romanczyk, Raymond G ^c   Karmel, Bernard Z ^a   Gardner, Judith M ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Data mining; Decision trees; Genotype; Level 2 screeners; Machine learning; Monoamine Oxidase A; Phenotype; Seizures; Subgroups

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUTISM; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DSM-IV; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PDD BEHAVIOR INVENTORY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; INFANT; MACHINE LEARNING; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; PARENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SKILLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84975165450     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2843-0     Document Type: Article

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