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Psychophysiological behavioral assessment generates basic measurement problems. Reliability must be estimated and recognition must be given to possible attenuation of correlation. Change scores may be correlated with baselines, requiring the use of regression methods. Corrections have also been used to compensate for different individuals having different ranges of scores. Multivariate approaches are often used, including discriminant analysis, multiple regression, and multivariate analysis of variance. Sample-specific covariances may require cross-validation techniques. Factor and cluster analysis and path analysis may be appropriately applied to correlational psychophysiological data. Because repeated measures are often taken, time-series analysis has also been recommended. Finally, attention is given to idiosyncratic psychophysiological patterns and methods for their description.
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Ray, R.L., Kimmel, H.D. Utilization of psychophysiological indices in behavioral assessment: Some methodological issues. Journal of Behavioral Assessment 1, 107–122 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01322018
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