Journal article
The Robust Reliability of Neuropsychological Measures: Meta-Analyses of Test-Retest Correlations
Clinical neuropsychologist, Vol.27(7), pp.1077-1105
10/01/2013
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2013.809795
PMID: 24016131
Abstract
Test-retest reliability is an important psychometric property relevant to assessment instruments typically used in neuropsychological assessment. This review presents a quantitative summary of test-retest reliability coefficients for a variety of widely used neuropsychological measures. In general, the meta-analytic test-retest reliabilities of the test scores ranged from adequate to high (i.e., r=.7 and higher). Furthermore, the reliability values were largely robust across factors such as age, clinical diagnosis, and the use of alternate forms. The values for some of the memory and executive functioning scores were lower (i.e., less than r=.7). Some of the possible reasons for these lower values include ceiling effects, practice effects, and across time variability in cognitive abilities measured by those tests. In general, neuropsychologists who use these measures in their assessments can be encouraged by the magnitude of the majority of the meta-analytic test-retest correlations obtained.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Robust Reliability of Neuropsychological Measures: Meta-Analyses of Test-Retest Correlations
- Creators
- Matthew Calamia - Department of Psychology , University of IowaKristian Markon - Department of Psychology , University of IowaDaniel Tranel - Department of Neurology (Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience) , University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical neuropsychologist, Vol.27(7), pp.1077-1105
- DOI
- 10.1080/13854046.2013.809795
- PMID
- 24016131
- NLM abbreviation
- Clin Neuropsychol
- ISSN
- 1385-4046
- eISSN
- 1744-4144
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002476102771
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