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BRAIN

  • What is BRAIN?
    • Why Board Certification?
    • Foundations for Board Certification
    • Find a Sponsor/Mentor
    • Join the BRAIN Listserve
      • New BRAIN Member Questionnaire
      • Listserv Rules
      • Managing Your BRAIN Listserv Account
    • Join a Written Exam Study Group
      • Join a Written Exam Study Group
      • Join the Survivor Network
    • Join an Oral Exam Study Group
      • Join an Oral Exam Study Group
      • Join the Survivor Network
    • Pediatric Subspecialty in ABPP
    • Giving Back!
    • Leadership
    • Wait, I Missed Something! FAQ
  • The Four Steps of ABPP/ABCN Certification
    • Credentials Review
    • Written Exam
      • Join a Written Exam Study Group
      • Join the Survivor Network
    • Practice Samples
    • Oral Examination
      • Join an Oral Exam Study Group
      • Join the Survivor Network
  • Mock Exams
    • Mock Exam 1 Questions
      • Mock Exam 1 Answers
    • Mock Exam 2 Questions
      • Mock Exam 2 Answers
    • Mock Exam 3 Questions
      • Mock Exam 3 Answers
    • Mock Exam 4 Questions
      • Mock Exam 4 Answers
    • AACN Study Guide Answers to Sample Questions
    • Mock Ethics Vignettes
  • Extra Resources
    • Book Recommendations
    • Diagnostic Accuracy Statistics
    • Flash Cards
    • Sample Written Exam Study Schedules
    • Oral Examination Study Schedule
    • Peds Subspecialty Resources and Study Schedule
    • BrainBytes
      • BRAIN Byte 1 – BRAIN feedback
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Diagnostic Accuracy Statistics

Additional resources for understanding diagnostic classification accuracy statistics are below.  Many thanks to Naomi Chaytor for providing the positive predictive and negative predictive value PowerPoint slides and questions and answers document!

Penn State Tutorial webpage

PPV and NPV 10.18.2017

PPV and NPV questions and answers

  • Study Notes
  • A
    • Acalculia
    • Aging and Cognition
    • Aging and Memory
    • Agnosia
    • Agraphia
    • Alexia
    • Anosagnosia
    • Anoxia
    • Aphasia Syndromes Summary
    • Apraxia
    • Attention
    • Auditory System
  • B-C
    • Baddeley and Hitch Working Memory
    • Basal Ganglia
    • Basal Ganglia Lesions
    • Behavioral Neuroanatomy – Mesulam
    • Brain Development I
    • Brain Development II
    • Brainstem I
    • Brainstem II
    • Brainstem III
    • Cerebellum
    • Cerebral Hemispheres and Vascular Supply
    • Chemical Senses
    • Childhood Disorders
    • Clinical Psychology
    • CNS Cellular Organization and Communication
    • Cortices: Parietal and Temporal Lobes
    • Corticospinal Tract and Other Motor Pathways
    • Cranium, Ventricles, and Meninges
    • Cross Cultural Neuropsychology
  • D-I
    • Dementia
    • Dementia versus Depression
    • Design and Stats
    • Diagnosis and Psychopathology
    • Disconnection Syndromes
    • Emotion
    • Encephalitides
    • Endocrine Disorders
    • Frontal Lobes
    • General Pharmacology
    • Higher Order Cerebral Function
    • History of Neuropsychology
    • HIV – AIDS
    • Huntington’s Disease
    • Hydrocephalus
    • Infections – Diseases
  • J-O
    • Language
    • Learning Disabilities
    • Limbic System
    • Memory and Learning I
    • Memory and Learning II
    • Mild Cognitive Impairment
    • Models of Frontal Lobe Functioning
    • Motor Systems
    • Multiple Sclerosis
    • Neglect
    • Neuroanatomy
    • Neuroimaging
    • Neurologic Exam
    • Neuropsych Aspects of Psychopathology
    • Neurotransmitters and Drugs of Abuse
    • Nonverbal Skills
    • Nutritional Deficiencies
  • P-Z
    • Parkinson’s Differentials
    • Peds Brain Tumors
    • Pituitary & Hypothalamus
    • Plasticity
    • Recovery, Sparing, and Reorganization of Function
    • Seizure Disorders
    • Sensitivity and Specificity
    • Sleep
    • Smell
    • Somatosensory Pathways
    • Substance Abuse
    • Test Construction
    • Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Visual System
    • Wada
    • White Matter