Assessing reading difficulties: The validity and utility of current measures of reading skill

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-370

  Nation, Kate ^a   Snowling, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0346789355     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1997.tb01250.x     Document Type: Article

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