The reliability and validity of the School Function Assessment-Chinese version

OTJR Occupation, Participation and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 44-54

  Hwang, Jeng Liang ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Factor analysis; Functional measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHINESE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 19944424179     PISSN: 15394492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153944920502500202     Document Type: Article

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