1. NONEQUIVALENCE OF COMPUTERIZED AND PAPER-AND-PENCIL VERSIONS OF TRAIL MAKING TEST.
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Drapeau, Claire Enea, Bastien-Toniazzo, Mireille, Rous, Cecile, and Carlier, Michele
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NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *TEENAGERS , *YOUNG adults , *CLINICAL neuropsychology , *NEUROLOGIC examination , *PSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *PERSONAL computer equipment , *NEUROPSYCHOLOGY , *NEUROSCIENCES - Abstract
A computerized version of the Trail Making Test, an adaptation of the classical paper-and-pencil form, was compared with the paper-and-pencil form. The testee must connect targets on the screen with the cursor using the mouse instead of a sheet of paper and a pen. The participants were 68 healthy adolescents and young adults. The comparison of scores on the two versions showed that they cannot be considered equivalent; the difference between the two parts of the test (Parts A and B) was greater in the paper-and-pencil version; correlations between the two versions of Part A and of Part B were significant, but too low to consider the two versions parallel. Both versions were accepted by participants. As expected, mean scores were different in Parts A and B in both versions and magnitude of differences was large. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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