SOA Norms Report

  1. Introduction
  2. Collecting the Raw Data
    1. ARIC
    2. GMBI
    3. NACC
    4. MCSA
  3. Summarizing the Raw Data
    1. Demographics
    2. Instruments
  4. Generating the Normative Samples
    1. ARIC
    2. GMBI
    3. NACC
    4. MCSA
    5. Pooled
  5. Summarizing the Normative Data
    1. Demographics
    2. Instruments
    3. Groups by Instruments in the Pooled Sample
  6. Generating Instrument Level Models
    1. Notes on the Trail Making Tests
    2. A Note on the LDST
  7. Generating Domain Level Models
  8. Generating Algorithmic Classifications

Collecting the Raw Data

NACC

We collected data from NACC, Form Version 3 (FORMVER == 3).

Here are the variables we used from the NACC study, and here is what we matched them up with in the SOA study.

NACC Variable Name NACC Variable Label SOA DOI
udsbentc Total Score for Copy of Benson Figure benson1
udsbentd Total Score for 10- to 15-minute delated drawing of Benson figure benson2
animals Animals - Total number of animals named in 60 seconds animals
veg Vegetable - Total number of vegetables named in 60 seconds vegetables
traila Trail Making Test Part A - Total number of seconds to complete tmta
trailb Trail Making Test Part B - Total number of seconds to complete tmtb
udsverfc Number of Correct F-words generated in 1 minute vff
udsverlc Number of Correct L-words generated in 1 minute vfl
craftvrs Craft Story 21 (Immediate) --- Total story units recalled, verbatim scoring craft1v
crafturs Craft Story 21 (Immediate) --- Total story units recalled, paraphrase scoring craft1p
craftdvr Craft Story 21 (Delayed) --- Total story units recalled, verbatim scoring craft2v
craftdre Craft Story 21 (Delayed) --- Total story units recalled, paraphrase scoring craft2p
minttots Multilingualnaming Test (MINT) --- Total Score mint