Creating equivalent word lists for the Buschke Selective Reminding Test
✍ Scribed by R. F. Coen; A. Kinsella; R. Lambe; M. Kenny; A. Darragh
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 396 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6222
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✦ Synopsis
During investigation of DUP 996, a novel compound with potential memory-enhancing properties, nine parallel forms of the Buschke Selective Reminding Test were required. Nine word lists were created using a previously published methodology and word pool. In order to assess the equivalence of these word lists, data on each of the nine test forms were obtained from 21 subjects who received a single placebo dose in closely controlled clinical trial conditions. Analysis of variance revealed between-subject effect, confirming the large inter-individual differences in performance which had been observed during testing. The subjects were categorized as poor or good performers, and in a subsequent analysis the test forms were not found to differ significantly within the groups, confirming the utility of the methodology and word pool for the creation of unmatched word lists of similar difficulty.