Sample size effects on temporal reliability of language sample measures of preschool children

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1258-1262

  Gavin, William J ^a,c   Giles, Lisa ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c 515 Kimball Tower ^*  (United States)

^d New England Speech Services

Author keywords

Assessment; Expressive language; Language development; Psychometric properties; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029903378     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3906.1258     Document Type: Article

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