The Childhood Asperger Syndrome Test (CAST): Test-retest reliability

Autism

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-427

  Williams, Jo ^a   Allison, Carrie ^a   Scott, Fiona ^a   Stott, Carol ^a   Bolton, Patrick ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Childhood screening; Pervasive developmental disorder; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746934678     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361306066612     Document Type: Article

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