A comparison of paper-and-pencil and computerized forms of Line Orientation and Enhanced Cued Recall Tests.
The purpose of this study was to assess whether a computerized battery of neuropsychological tests could produce similar results as the conventional forms. Comparisons on 77 volunteer undergraduates were carried out with two neuropsychological tests: Line Orientation Test and Enhanced Cued Recall Test. Firstly, students were assigned randomly across the test medium (paper-and-pencil versus computerized). Secondly, the groups were given the same test in the other medium after a 30-day interval between tests. Results showed that the Enhanced Cued Recall Test-Computer-based did not correlate with the Enhanced Cued Recall Test-Paper-and-pencil results. Line Orientation Test-Computer-based scores, on the other hand, did correlate significantly with the Line Orientation Test-Paper-and-pencil version. In both tests, scores were higher on paper-and-pencil tests compared to computer-based tests. Total score difference between modalities was statistically significant for both Enhanced Cued Recall Tests and for the Line Orientation Test. In both computer-based tests, it took less time for participants to complete the tests.
Department of Computer Education, and Instructional Technology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Petek
P
Aşkar
Arif
A
Altun
Banu
B
Cangöz
Vildan
V
Cevik
Galip
G
Kaya
Hasan
H
Türksoy
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003463:Cues; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009949:Orientation; D010209:Paper; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011340:Problem Solving; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D055815:Young Adult