The Early Development Instrument: An Examination of Convergent and Discriminant Validity

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-282

  Hymel, Shelley ^a   LeMare, Lucy ^b   McKee, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early Development Instrument; School readiness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EDUCATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; KNOWLEDGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79961020781     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9845-2     Document Type: Article

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