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Malda, Maike; van de Vijver, Fons J. R.; Srinivasan, Krishnamachari; Transler, Catherine; Sukumar, Prathima – Assessment, 2010
The authors evaluated the adequacy of an extensive adaptation of the American Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, second edition (KABC-II), for 6- to 10-year-old Kannada-speaking children of low socioeconomic status in Bangalore, South India. The adapted KABC-II was administered to 598 children. Subtests showed high reliabilities, the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Test Validity, Cognitive Tests, Foreign Countries
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Johnstone, Brick; Wilhelm, Karen L. – Assessment, 1997
The construct validity of the Hooper Visual Organization Test (VOT) (H. Hooper, 1983) was studied by comparing it to conceptually similar and dissimilar cognitive abilities in a principal components analysis of results from 240 participants with cognitive impairment. Results suggest that the VOT is best considered a measure of visual-spatial…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity
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Salinsky, Martin C.; Storzbach, Daniel – Assessment, 2005
The Portland Neurotoxicity Scale (PNS) is a brief patient-based survey of neurotoxicity complaints commonly encountered with the use of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). The authors present data on the validity of this scale, particularly when used in longitudinal studies. Participants included 55 healthy controls, 23 epilepsy patient controls, and 86…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Cognitive Ability, Longitudinal Studies, Control Groups