Beyond matching on the mean in developmental disabilities research

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2134-2147

  Facon, Bruno ^a   Magis, David ^b   Belmont, John M ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boxplot; Delta plot; Developmental disabilities; Differential item functioning; Homogeneity of variance; Kurtosis; Matching design; Skewness

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 80053630936     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.07.029     Document Type: Review

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