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Comparing the Recognition Memory Test and the Word Choice Test in a Mixed Clinical Sample: Are They Equivalent?

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The Recognition Memory Test (RMT) was compared to the Word Choice Test (WCT) within the same fixed neuropsychological battery administered to a mixed clinical sample of 237 adults to empirically evaluate the psychometric equivalence of these two instruments. On average, there was a 3-point difference in raw scores between the two instruments (M RMT = 44.3, SD RMT = 6.8; M WCT = 47.1, SD WCT = 4.6; p < .001, d = .48). The probability density functions differ substantially at the two ends of the scale but are similarly ≤42. Cross-validation analyses suggest that the RMT cutoff of ≤42 is functionally equivalent to a WCT score of ≤45.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada

    Laszlo A. Erdodi

  2. Department of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA

    Laszlo A. Erdodi & Renee Lajiness-O’Neill

  3. Clinical Neuropsychology Service, University Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada

    Laszlo A. Erdodi

  4. Neuropsychology Service, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA

    Laszlo A. Erdodi

  5. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Adult Neurorehabilitation Day Treatment Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Ned L. Kirsch

  6. Department of Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

    Evelyn Vingilis

  7. College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Brent Medoff

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Erdodi, L.A., Kirsch, N.L., Lajiness-O’Neill, R. et al. Comparing the Recognition Memory Test and the Word Choice Test in a Mixed Clinical Sample: Are They Equivalent?. Psychol. Inj. and Law 7, 255–263 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-014-9197-8

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