Psychometric aspects of verbal pragmatic ratings

Brain and Language

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 553-565

  Bloom, Ronald L ^a   Pick, Lawrence H ^b   Borod, Joan C ^b   Rorie, Kashemi D ^b   Andelman, Fani ^b   Obler, Loraine K ^b   Sliwinski, Martin ^b   Campbell, Alfonso L ^b   Tweedy, James R ^b   Welkowitz, Joan ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032794220     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1999.2128     Document Type: Article

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