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标题：Advanced Neuropsychological Diagnostics Infrastructure (ANDI): A Normative Database Created from Control Datasets
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作者：de Vent, Nathalie R. ; Agelink van Rentergem, Joost A. ; Schmand, Ben A. 等
期刊名称：Frontiers in Psychology
电子版ISSN：1664-1078
出版年度：2016
卷号：7
页码：1601-1610
DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01601
出版社：Frontiers Media
摘要：In the Advanced Neuropsychological Diagnostics Infrastructure (ANDI), datasets of several research groups are combined into a single database, containing scores on neuropsychological tests from healthy participants. For most popular neuropsychological tests the quantity and range of these data surpasses that of traditional normative data, thereby enabling more accurate neuropsychological assessment. Because of the unique structure of the database, it facilitates normative comparison methods that were not feasible before, in particular those in which entire profiles of scores are evaluated. In this article, we describe the steps that were necessary to combine the separate datasets into a single database. These steps involve matching variables from multiple datasets, removing outlying values, determining the influence of demographic variables, and finding appropriate transformations to normality. Also, a brief description of the current contents of the ANDI database is given.
关键词：Clinical Neuropsychology; normative data; Normative comparisons; Aggregate data; Regression; based norms; Box; Cox transformation