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Improved detection of cognitive impairment with the NART: An investigation employing hierarchical discriminant function analysis
Author(s) -
Crawford J. R.,
Hart S.,
Nelson H. E.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1990.tb00878.x
Subject(s) - discriminant function analysis , psychology , linear discriminant analysis , wechsler adult intelligence scale , dementia , cognition , intelligence quotient , cognitive disorder , developmental psychology , cognitive impairment , psychiatry , medicine , artificial intelligence , statistics , mathematics , disease , computer science
A series of discriminant function analyses was performed to examine the ability of the WAIS and NART to discriminate between healthy subjects and patients with dementia/cortical atrophy. Inclusion of NART estimated IQs in the analyses resulted in significantly greater discrimination than was achieved by WAIS IQs alone.