Internal Consistency and Concurrent Validity of Two Short Forms of the Visual Form Discrimination Test

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and concurrent validity of 2 short forms of the Visual Form Discrimination Test, referred to as first half (FH) and front-back (FB). Participants were a mixed sample of 225 patients seen for neuropsychological evaluations. The mean difference score between both short forms and the full form was less than 1 point. The short-total correlations were .85 and .86 for the FH and FB forms, respectively. A binary clinical decision rule, used to classify patients as normal or impaired, resulted in a 93.3% correct and a 94.7% correct classification rate for the FH and FB forms, respectively. It is concluded that the short form of the test, used in conjunction with a clinical decision rule, results in a very minor loss of accuracy.