Linking outcomes from peabody picture vocabulary test forms using item response models

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 754-763

  Hoffman, Lesa ^a   Templin, Jonathan ^b   Rice, Mabel L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Item response models; Item response theory (IRT); Peabody picture vocabulary test (PPVT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84862021483     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0216)     Document Type: Article

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