Table 2.
Test–retest sample characteristics for the pediatric memory batteries
| Demographics | ChAMP | CMS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 49 | 125 | ||
| Mean age, years (SD) | 13.0 (4.3); | 9.8 (3.2); | ||
| Range = 6–21 | Range = 5–16 | |||
| Sex (% Female) | 55 | 48 | ||
| Ethnicity (% Caucasian) | ||||
| Caucasian | 61.2 | 78.0 | ||
| African American | 8.2 | 11.0 | ||
| Hispanic | 20.4 | 10.0 | ||
| Other | 10.2 | 1.0 | ||
| Parent education (% with >12 years of education) | 65.3 | 65.6 | ||
| Mean retest interval, weeks (range) | 14.7 (8.7–20.1) | 8.5 (0–12.0) | ||
| Univariate frequencies of reliable change scoresa | Decline | Improve | Decline | Improve |
| Indexes | ||||
| Mean percent of sample showing reliable change | 7.3 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
| SD | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Range | 6.1–12.2 | 6.1–12.2 | 3.2–8.1 | 2.4–8.0 |
| Subtests | ||||
| Mean percent of sample showing reliable change | 6.5 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| SD | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Range | 2.0–10.2 | 2–14.3 | 0–8.8 | 3.2–9.6 |
Note: SD = standard deviation; %= percentage.
ChAMP: Reproduced by special permission of the Publisher, Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. 16204 North Florida Avenue, Lutz, Florida 33549, from the Child and Adolescent Memory Profile by Elisabeth M.S. Sherman, Ph.D. and Brian L. Brooks, Ph.D., Copyright 2015 by PAR, Inc. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission from PAR, Inc.
CMS: Standardization data from the Children's Memory Scale (CMS). Copyright © 1997 NCS Pearson, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
aUnivariate frequencies of reliable change scores represent the percent of the sample identified as reliably declined or reliably improved if considering each change score in isolation.