Journal article
Application of Psychometric Standards to Scoring System Evaluation: Is "New" Necessarily "Improved"?
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, Vol.18(3), pp.462-472
06/01/1996
DOI: 10.1080/01688639608409003
PMID: 8877628
Abstract
Psychometric guidelines are suggested that expand the evaluation of scoring systems beyond the most frequently (and often singly) considered criterion, that of interrater reliability. Principles of reliability and validity are elaborated and discussed with regard to scoring systems. Also addressed are assays for efficiency in applying a new system, the effects of rater proficiency on outcome scores, the comparison of costs and benefits of new scoring systems, and the comparison of a new scoring system to an existing system to demonstrate its advantage. As a timely example to illustrate these principles, a new scoring system is introduced for the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test and is compared to the most popular scoring system for this test (Lezak, 1983, p. 400). The proposed principles would be relevant to any scoring system that codes subjective behavioral data into objective values.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Application of Psychometric Standards to Scoring System Evaluation: Is "New" Necessarily "Improved"?
- Creators
- Philip S Fastenau - University of Michigan Medical CenterJeanne M Bennett - Henry Ford HospitalNatalie L Denburg - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, Vol.18(3), pp.462-472
- DOI
- 10.1080/01688639608409003
- PMID
- 8877628
- NLM abbreviation
- J Clin Exp Neuropsychol
- ISSN
- 1380-3395
- eISSN
- 1744-411X
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/1996
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070503302771
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