An item analysis of Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices among participants with Down syndrome

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 243-249

  Facon, Bruno ^a   Nuchadee, Marie Laure ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Delta plots; Differential item functioning; Down's syndrome; Intellectual disability; Item bias; Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices; Transformed item difficulties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RAVEN COLORED PROGRESSIVE MATRIX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70449535772     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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