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ERIC Number: EJ688471
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Dec
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-3590
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Spanish and English Neuropsychological Assessment Scales (SENAS): Further Development and Psychometric Characteristics
Mungas, Dan; Reed, Bruce R.; Crane, Paul K.; Haan, Mary N.; Gonzalez, Hector
Psychological Assessment, v16 n4 p347-359 Dec 2004
The Spanish and English Neuropsychological Assessment Scales were devised to be a broad set of psychometrically matched measures with equivalent Spanish and English versions. Study 1 in this report used item response theory methods to refine scales. Results strongly supported psychometric matching across English and Spanish versions and, for most scales, within English and Spanish versions. Study 2 supported in both English and Spanish subsamples the 6-domain model of ability that guided scale construction. Study 3 examined differential item functioning (DIF) of one scale (Object Naming) in relation to education, ethnicity, gender, and age. Effects of DIF on scale-level ability scores were limited. Results demonstrate an empirically guided psychometric approach to test construction for multiethnic and multilingual test applications.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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