Considerations for test selection: How do validity and reliability impact diagnostic decisions?

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-92

  Friberg, Jennifer C ^a,b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Identification accuracy; Psychometric validity; Reliability; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951026780     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265659009349972     Document Type: Article

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