The composition of normative groups and diagnostic decision making: Shooting ourselves in the foot

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-254

  Peña, Elizabeth D ^a   Spaulding, Tammie J ^b   Plante, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Classification; Evidence based practice; Language impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748870007     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2006/023)     Document Type: Article

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