Concurrent validity and feasibility of short tests currently used to measure early childhood development in large scale studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Rubio Codina, Marta ^a,b   Araujo, M Caridad ^a   Attanasio, Orazio ^b,c   Muñoz, Pablo ^d   Grantham McGregor, Sally ^e  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; COLOMBIA; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DENVER DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; INFANT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STANDARDS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84984838209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160962     Document Type: Article

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