Nonequivalence of computerized and paper-and-pencil versions of Trail Making Test.
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.
Drapeau
Claire Enea
CE
Cognitive Psychology, UMR 6146 CNRS, Aix Marseille 1 University, France.
Bastien-Toniazzo
Mireille
M
Rous
Cecile
C
Carlier
Michele
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003142:Communication; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011327:Printing; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014145:Trail Making Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014956:Writing