ESTABLISHING THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS WITH LOW BASE RATES - SOME RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES

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作者
CICCHETTI, DV
SPARROW, SS
VOLKMAR, F
ROURKE, BP
COHEN, D
机构
[1] YALE UNIV, NEW HAVEN, CT 06520 USA
[2] UNIV WINDSOR, WINDSOR N9B 3P4, ONTARIO, CANADA
[3] YALE CHILD STUDY CTR, NEW HAVEN, CT USA
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10.1080/01688639108401047
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B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
The issues of low prevalence in the context of the diagnosis of neuropsychological disorders in the larger community is discussed. Guidelines are proposed for producing reliability and validity estimates which are clinically, as well as statistically meaningful.
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页码:328 / 338
页数:11
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