USE OF DEMOGRAPHIC CORRECTIONS IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION -HOW STANDARD ARE STANDARD SCORES

The interpretation of neuropsychological data has increasingly becomin g reliant on the use of standard scores. However, the explicit demogra phics from which the standard scores are derived are not always compar able. Despite the didactic knowledge of clinicians regarding the effec ts of demographic information on test performance, the quantification of these effects have only recently become realized with the introduct ion of comprehensive databases. We present a discussion regarding this issue and offer some direction for the clinician in this regard.