An analysis of the test of language development-primary for item bias

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 274-284

  Hammer, Carol Scheffner ^a   Pennock Roman, Maria ^a   Rzasa, Sarah ^a   Tomblin, J Bruce ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American children; Assessment; Test bias

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; RACE;

EID: 0036692553     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2002/032)     Document Type: Article

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