Advanced Interpretation of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery with Older Adults: Base Rate Analyses, Discrepancy Scores, and Interpreting Change

Brian L. Brooks · Grant L. Iverson · Tonya J.H. White

54 citations0/0 files storedArchives of Clinical Neuropsychology

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Psychological Testing and Assessment Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Historical and Modern Theater Studies

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide sophisticated psychometric information for advanced interpretation of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB) with older adults. This information includes the base rates of low scores, intellectual-cognitive discrepancy scores, and a method for determining change. The NAB contains 24 co-normed neurocognitive tests across five domains (i.e., Attention, Language, Memory, Spatial, and Executive Functions); provides 36 primary T-scores, five domain indexes, and a total index score; and was co-normed with a measure of intellectual abilities (Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales; Reynolds Intellectual Screening Test [RIST]). Participants for this study were 742 older adults from the NAB standardization sample (mean age = 68.1, SD = 6.9). From the standardization sample, 42 older adults (mean age = 67.3 years, SD = 8.3) were administered the NAB two times (mean retest interval = 6.7 months, SD = 0.7). The base rates of low index scores and low primary scores are presented for the entire sample, as well as stratified by the level of intellectual abilities. RIST-NAB discrepancy scores are presented for the entire sample and for the different levels of intellectual abilities. Finally, information needed to interpret change in test performance on serial assessments is provided.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 54 citations exist upstream.

References

2004Assessment practices of clinical neuropsychologists in the United States and Canada: A survey of INS, NAN, and APA Division 40 members 2009To Err is Human: "Abnormal" Neuropsychological Scores and Variability are Common in Healthy Adults 2008Frequency and bases of abnormal performance by healthy adults on neuropsychological testing 2003Examining the range of normal intraindividual variability in neuropsychological test performance 2007Estimating the percentage of the population with abnormally low scores (or abnormally large score differences) on standardized neuropsychological test batteries: A generic method with applications.1997Myths of neuropsychology 1999Myths of Neuropsychology: Further Considerations

Cited by

2013Understanding and Using Multivariate Base Rates with the WAIS–IV/WMS–IV 2018Neuropsychological Assessment Battery 2010Reliability and Validity in Neuropsychology 2016To Change is Human: “Abnormal” Reliable Change Memory Scores are Common in Healthy Adults and Older Adults 2017Reliable Change on Memory Tests is Common in Healthy Children and Adolescents

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.