Reliability and validity of the Computerized Comprehension Task (CCT): Data from American English and Mexican Spanish infants

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-98

  Friend, Margaret ^a   Keplinger, Melanie ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37849027327     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000907008264     Document Type: Article

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