Concurrent and construct validity of oral language measures with school-age children with specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1597-1608

  Hoffman, LaVae M ^a   Loeb, Diane Frome ^b   Brandel, Jayne ^c   Gillam, Ronald B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent validity; Construct validity; Language impairment; School age children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 83755173136     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0213)     Document Type: Article

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