Contrasting two verbal fluency scoring systems using the rasch rating scale model

  1. Gerardo Prieto
  2. Ana R. Delgado
  3. M. Victoria Perea
  4. Ricardo García
  5. Valentina Ladera
Zeitschrift:
Actualidades en Psicología

ISSN: 2215-3535 0258-6444

Datum der Publikation: 2018

Ausgabe: 32

Nummer: 124

Seiten: 66-75

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.15517/AP.V32I124.31837 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Andere Publikationen in: Actualidades en Psicología

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Zusammenfassung

Abstract Objective: Two scoring systems for a verbal fluency test were compared using the Rasch Rating Scale Model. Method: The analysis was carried out on 289 participants, 92 of whom had had a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis. Scores were calculated with two different category systems: a conventional procedure and a percentile-based one. Results: The percentile-based Rasch scores produce adequate categories and reliable measures, while the correlation with the Mini Mental State Examination evinces concurrent validity. After statistically controlling for age, percentile-based Rasch measures discriminated between both groups, demonstrating predictive validity. Conclusions: The analysis of the two procedures allows for the recommendation of the use of percentile-based categories.

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