Table 5.
Convergent and divergent validity of BAM-COGa games (Spearman rho’s correlation coefficient).
| BAM-COG game | Convergent validityb | Divergent validityc | |||
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Cognitive test | rho (P value) | Cognitive test | rho (P value) | |
| Conveyer Belt (n=26) | |||||
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WAIS-IIId Letter Number Sequencing | .577 (.001) | National Adult Reading Test | −.029 (.44) | |
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Spatial Working Memory | −.577 (.001) |
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| Sunshine (n=24) | |||||
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WMS-IIIe Spatial Span Task | .669 (<.001) | National Adult Reading Test | −.029 (.45) | |
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Spatial Span | .620 (.001) |
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| Viewpoint (n=28) | |||||
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Continuous Visual Memory Test | .202 (.152) | National Adult Reading Test | −.162 (.21) | |
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Pattern Recognition | −.157 (.212) |
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| Papyrinth (n=21) | |||||
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BADSf Zoo Map | .400 (.036) | National Adult Reading Test | −.134 (.28) | |
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Stockings of Cambridge | .424 (.028) |
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aBAM-COG: Brain Aging Monitor–Cognitive Assessment Battery.
bAll convergent validity values of rho≥.4 are considered to support good CV; values of rho≥.6 are considered very good.
cAll divergent validity values of rho<.2 are considered to support good DV.
dWAIS-III: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition.
eWMS-III: Wechsler Memory Scale, third edition.
fBADS: Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome.