title: Establishing the reliability and validity of neuropsychological disorders with low base rates: some recommended guidelines.
abstract: The issues of low prevalence in the context of the diagnosis of neuropsychological disorders in the larger community is discussed. Guidelines are proposed for producing reliability and validity estimates which are clinically, as well as statistically meaningful.
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, West Haven, CT 06516.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Cicchetti
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sparrow
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Volkmar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Rourke
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000592:standards; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012015:Reference Standards; D013223:Statistics as Topic