A COMPARISON OF PAPER-AND-PENCIL AND COMPUTERIZED FORMS OF LINE ORIENTATION AND ENHANCED CUED RECALL TESTS

ASKAR P., ALTUN A., CANGÖZ B., CEVIK V., KAYA G., TURKSOY H.

PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, cilt.110, sa.2, ss.383-396, 2012 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 110 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2466/03.22.pr0.110.2.383-396
  • Dergi Adı: PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.383-396
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.