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ERIC Number: EJ878548
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Mar
Pages: 4
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1040-3590
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Incomplete Psychometric Equivalence of Scores Obtained on the Manual and the Computer Version of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test?
Steinmetz, Jean-Paul; Brunner, Martin; Loarer, Even; Houssemand, Claude
Psychological Assessment, v22 n1 p199-202 Mar 2010
The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) assesses executive and frontal lobe function and can be administered manually or by computer. Despite the widespread application of the 2 versions, the psychometric equivalence of their scores has rarely been evaluated and only a limited set of criteria has been considered. The present experimental study (N = 100 healthy adults) therefore examined the psychometric equivalence of 4 scores (i.e., Total Correct, Percentage of Errors, Perseverative Errors, and Failure-to-Maintain-Set) obtained on the 2 versions of the WCST in terms of 4 key criteria identified within the framework of classical test theory. The results showed considerable differences in variances, small to modest parallel-forms reliability coefficients, and small to modest temporal stability coefficients. Taken together, our results suggest that scores on the manual version and the computer version of the WCST show incomplete psychometric equivalence. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Luxembourg
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
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