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Psychometrics of a neuropsychological test battery
Author(s) -
Arbit Jack,
Zager Robert
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197804)34:2<460::aid-jclp2270340245>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , wechsler memory scale , neuropsychological test , wechsler intelligence scale for children , neuropsychology , psychometrics , test (biology) , cognition , intelligence quotient , visual memory , gestalt psychology , cognitive psychology , test validity , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , perception , psychiatry , paleontology , neuroscience , biology
Abstract Compared factor analysis (linear) and hierarchical cluster analysis (nonlinear) of a neuropsychological battery of tests, including the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, the Wechsler Memory Scale, the Graham‐Kendall Memory for Designs Test, and the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Designs Test. The results were discussed within the framework of descriptive and predictive analysis of the major cognitive functions of verbal intelligence, perceptual performance, and memory.