The Embree/Butler scoring system served as criterion for ascertaining brain dysfunction on the protocols of 100 subjects--50 had been diagnosed by health professionals as having brain dysfunction, and 50 had been diagnosed as having no brain dysfunction. In comparing the hospital's diagnoses with those of the Embree/Butler method, the data strongly supported the hypothesis that the Embree/Butler scoring system did effectively discriminate (chi square of 77.99 < .01) between those with organic brain syndrome (or cerebral dysfunction) and those with psychiatric classification. A point-biserial correlation was used to distinguish the relationship between diagnosis and the score. A cutoff score of above 14 produced the least false-negative or false-positive evaluations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663012 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Henderson, J. Louise |
| Contributors | Butler, J. Robert, Lawlis, G. Frank, Lewis, Franklin D. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 19 leaves: ill., Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas |
| Rights | Public, Henderson, J. Louise, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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