TY - CHAP T1 - Cognitive Performance Measures in Survey Research on Older Adults T2 - Cognition, Aging, and Self Reports Y1 - 1999 A1 - A. Regula Herzog A1 - Willard L Rodgers ED - Schwarz, Norbert ED - Denise C. Park ED - Barbel Knauper ED - Seymour Sudman KW - Health Conditions and Status KW - Methodology AB - Many researchers wonder whether cognitive ability decreases in the elderly and surveys of the elderly tend to include tests of cognitive ability that allow survey administrators to reject certain peoples responses or adjust the weight given to responses based on the respondents cognitive ability. The author s discuss cognitive tests used in the AHEAD Study, methodological issues of such tests, and the validity of cognitive measures in these tests. After a great deal of testing they conclude that the survey measures for cognition in the two studies are valid. They also present a number of methodological problems within cognitive tests and ways to resolve such problems. JF - Cognition, Aging, and Self Reports PB - Psychology Press CY - Philadelphia N1 - ProCite field 6 : In ProCite field 8 : eds. U4 - Cognitive Function/Measurement ER -