scholarly journals Performance on the Boston Naming Test in Bilinguals

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Sheppard ◽  
Shanna Kousaie ◽  
Laura Monetta ◽  
Vanessa Taler
Keyword(s):  
Item Analysis ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Maximum Score ◽  
Bilingual Speakers ◽  
Language Groups ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Differential Item Analysis ◽  
Uniform Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Naming Test

AbstractObjectives: We examined performance on the Boston Naming Test (BNT) in older and younger adults who were monolingual English or French speakers, or bilingual speakers of English and French (n=215). Methods: Monolingual participants completed the task in their native language, and bilingual participants completed the task in English, French, and bilingual (either-language) administrations. Results: Overall, younger and older monolingual French speakers performed worse than other groups; bilingual participants performed worst in the French administration and approximately two-thirds of bilingual participants performed better when responses were accepted in either language. Surprisingly, however, a subset of bilinguals performed worse when responses were accepted in either language as compared to their maximum score achieved in either English or French. This either-language disadvantage does not appear to be associated with the degree of balanced bilingualism, but instead appears to be related to overall naming abilities. Differential item analysis comparing language groups and the different administrations identified several items that displayed uniform and/or non-uniform differential item functioning (DIF). Conclusions: The BNT does not elicit equivalent performance in English and French, even when assessing naming performance in monolingual French speakers using the French version of the test. Scores were lower in French overall, and several items exhibited DIF. We recommend caution in interpreting performance on these items in bilingual speakers. Finally, not all bilinguals benefit from an either-language administration of the BNT. (JINS, 2015, 21, 350–363)

scholarly journals Differential item functioning of the Boston Naming Test in cognitively normal African American and Caucasian older adults

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 758-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
OTTO PEDRAZA ◽  
NEILL R. GRAFF-RADFORD ◽  
GLENN E. SMITH ◽  
ROBERT J. IVNIK ◽  
FLOYD B. WILLIS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Group Performance ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Naming Test

AbstractScores on the Boston Naming Test (BNT) are frequently lower for African American when compared with Caucasian adults. Although demographically based norms can mitigate the impact of this discrepancy on the likelihood of erroneous diagnostic impressions, a growing consensus suggests that group norms do not sufficiently address or advance our understanding of the underlying psychometric and sociocultural factors that lead to between-group score discrepancies. Using item response theory and methods to detect differential item functioning (DIF), the current investigation moves beyond comparisons of the summed total score to examine whether the conditional probability of responding correctly to individual BNT items differs between African American and Caucasian adults. Participants included 670 adults age 52 and older who took part in Mayo’s Older Americans and Older African Americans Normative Studies. Under a two-parameter logistic item response theory framework and after correction for the false discovery rate, 12 items where shown to demonstrate DIF. Of these 12 items, 6 (“dominoes,” “escalator,” “muzzle,” “latch,” “tripod,” and “palette”) were also identified in additional analyses using hierarchical logistic regression models and represent the strongest evidence for race/ethnicity-based DIF. These findings afford a finer characterization of the psychometric properties of the BNT and expand our understanding of between-group performance. (JINS, 2009, 15, 758–768.)

scholarly journals Development and Validation of the Homeostasis Concept Inventory

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. ar35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny L. McFarland ◽  
Rebecca M. Price ◽  
Mary Pat Wenderoth ◽  
Patrícia Martinková ◽  
William Cliff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Concept Inventory ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Differential Item Analysis ◽  
Concept Framework ◽  
Better Than

We present the Homeostasis Concept Inventory (HCI), a 20-item multiple-choice instrument that assesses how well undergraduates understand this critical physiological concept. We used an iterative process to develop a set of questions based on elements in the Homeostasis Concept Framework. This process involved faculty experts and undergraduate students from associate’s colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions, regional and research-intensive universities, and professional schools. Statistical results provided strong evidence for the validity and reliability of the HCI. We found that graduate students performed better than undergraduates, biology majors performed better than nonmajors, and students performed better after receiving instruction about homeostasis. We used differential item analysis to assess whether students from different genders, races/ethnicities, and English language status performed differently on individual items of the HCI. We found no evidence of differential item functioning, suggesting that the items do not incorporate cultural or gender biases that would impact students’ performance on the test. Instructors can use the HCI to guide their teaching and student learning of homeostasis, a core concept of physiology.

scholarly journals Effects of Education on Differential Item Functioning on the 15-Item Modified Korean Version of the Boston Naming Test

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung-Soo Kim ◽  
Dong-Woo Lee ◽  
Jae-Nam Bae ◽  
Ji-Hyun Kim ◽  
Shinkyum Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Korean Version ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Naming Test

scholarly journals The Body Shape Questionnaire Is Not Invariant Across Sex: Evidence From Portuguese-Speaking University Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 462-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanderson Roberto da Silva ◽  
Viren Swami ◽  
Angela Nogueira Neves ◽  
João Marôco ◽  
Christopher N. Ochner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
The Body ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Differential Item Analysis ◽  
Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis

The Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) is a widely used measure of body shape concerns that was originally designed for use with women but has more recently been used with boys and men. The latter use may be problematic, given that no previous study has demonstrated sex invariance for BSQ scores. To determine the extent to which BSQ scores are sex invariant, we asked Portuguese-speaking women ( n = 1,613) and men ( n = 871) to complete the full BSQ (34 items). Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a hypothesized 32-item model of BSQ scores and shorter versions had acceptable fit indices in women and men, separately. However, multigroup confirmatory factor analysis showed that these BSQ model scores had configural but not metric, scalar, or strict sex invariance. Differential item analysis indicated significant item-functioning differences on 19 of the 32 retained BSQ items. Thus, BSQ scores are not sex invariant, making problematic the results of previous studies that have compared latent BSQ scores across sex.

Item analysis of the Spanish version of the Boston Naming Test with a Spanish speaking adult population from Colombia

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (sup1) ◽  
pp. 29-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella H. Kim ◽  
Adriana M. Strutt ◽  
Laiene Olabarrieta-Landa ◽  
Anthony H. Lequerica ◽  
Diego Rivera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Population ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Naming Test

A-100 Examining Spanish-English Bilingual Boston Naming Test Norms in Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1148-1148
Author(s):  
Abril Baez ◽  
Daniel W Lopez-Hernandez ◽  
Winter Olmos ◽  
Rachel A Rough-Fraser ◽  
Kristina E Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Language Differences ◽  
Bilingual Speakers ◽  
English Bilingual ◽  
Language Norms ◽  
Naming Test

Abstract Objective We examined two established Spanish-English bilingual norms to assess if traumatic brain injury (TBI) deficits were still found if language was no longer a variable influencing Boston Naming Test (BNT) performance. Method The sample consisted of 47 healthy comparison (HC; 24 English-Monolinguals; 23 Spanish-English Bilinguals), 33 acute TBI (ATBI; 20 English-Monolinguals; 13 Spanish-English Bilinguals), and 25 Chronic TBI (CTBI: 13 English-Monolinguals; 12 Spanish-English Bilinguals) participants. Raw scores and adjusted demographic T-scores (Roberts et al., 2002; Rosselli et al., 1997) were used to evaluate BNT performance. Results An ANCOVA controlling for age, revealed the HC group outperformed the TBI group on the BNT (raw score), p = 0.003, ηp2 = 0.11. We also found monolinguals outperformed bilinguals on the BNT, p = 0.000, ηp2 = 0.24. Using the Roberts et al., (2002) norms, we found the HC group outperformed the TBI group, p = 0.003, ηp2 = 0.11, but no language differences were found. Next, using Rosselli et al., (1997) norms, we found the HC group outperformed the TBI group on the BNT, p = 0.003, ηp2 = 0.11, and monolingual speakers outperformed bilingual speakers, p = 0.014, ηp2 = 0.06. No interactions were found. Conclusions As expected, the TBI group demonstrated worse BNT performance compared to HC group on both language norms. However, when using Roberts et al., (2002) Spanish-English bilingual norms, no language group differences were found. Our data indicates that when examining BNT performance in a Spanish-English bilingual and English-monolingual TBI sample, Roberts et al., (2002) normative data may be better suited to evaluate BNT deficits in a TBI while taking language into account.

Boston Naming Test--Turkish Version

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayten Ekinci Soylu ◽  
Banu Cangöz
Keyword(s):  
Turkish Version ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Naming Test

Psychometric Equivalence of Standard and Prorated Boston Naming Test Scores

Assessment ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 107319112098392
Author(s):  
Danielle Zimmerman ◽  
J. Attridge ◽  
Summer Rolin ◽  
Jeremy Davis
Keyword(s):  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Concordance Correlation ◽  
Physical Medicine ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Item Score ◽  
Perfect Agreement ◽  
Psychometric Equivalence ◽  
Equivalence Tests ◽  
Naming Test

This study compared prorated Boston Naming Test (BNT-P; omitting the noose item) and standard administration (BNT-S) scores in physical medicine and rehabilitation patients ( N = 480). The sample was 34% female and 91% White with average age and education of 46 ( SD = 15) and 14 ( SD = 3) years, respectively. BNT-P was calculated by summing correct responses excluding item 48 and estimating the 60-item score with cross multiplication and division. BNT-P and BNT-S scores were compared via concordance correlation (CC) coefficients; reflected and log transformed data were examined with equivalence tests. BNT-P and BNT-S scores showed almost perfect agreement (CC = .99). Transformed scores demonstrated equivalence (±1.1 points). Raw and scaled score differences were 0 in 88% and 96% of cases, respectively. Race and ethnicity accounted for item 48 outcomes while controlling for age and education. Findings support the utility of prorated BNT scores in rehabilitation patients.

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