Factor structure evaluation of the childhood autism rating scale

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1787-1794

  Magyar, Caroline I ^a   Pandolfi, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; CARS; Differential diagnosis; Factor analysis; Screening; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34748822292     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0313-9     Document Type: Article

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