Elwood Richard W
a Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Tomah , WI.
Clin Neuropsychol. 1993 Apr;7(2):224-233. doi: 10.1080/13854049308401527.
Neuropsychological tests are routinely used to make clinical judgements regarding the classification, diagnosis, or prediction of subject variables. The accuracy of those decisions depends on the discriminant validity of the tests used. The traditional method of validating psychological tests by comparing the mean test scores of reference groups is often unrelated to actual clinical discriminations. Alternative measures based on Bayesian probabilities are reviewed, with specific application to neuropsychological assessment.
神经心理学测试通常用于对受试者变量的分类、诊断或预测做出临床判断。这些判断的准确性取决于所使用测试的区分效度。通过比较参照组的平均测试分数来验证心理测试的传统方法往往与实际临床鉴别无关。本文回顾了基于贝叶斯概率的替代测量方法，并特别应用于神经心理学评估。
