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Fahey, Virginia K.; And Others – Child Development, 1978
This critique points out weaknesses regarding the test measures used by Munsinger and Douglass and questions the validity of these measures for the ages of the children used in their study. (JMB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Language Acquisition, Nature Nurture Controversy, Research Design
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Munsinger, Harry – Child Development, 1978
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Language Acquisition, Nature Nurture Controversy, Research Design
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Nicholls, John G. – Child Development, 1971
Game-like and test-like methods of divergent thinking assessment were compared with 10-year olds. Effects of method on score correlates were sufficient to allow the possibility that method may be implicated in outcomes of many studies of divergent thinking. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Divergent Thinking, Intelligence Tests
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Nias, D. K. B. – Child Development, 1972
By comparing the results of this investigation with the attitude organization of adults, an understanding may be gained of the processes involved in attitude development. (MB)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Componential Analysis, Elementary School Students, Measurement Techniques
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Kinnie, Ernest J.; Sternlof, Richard E. – Child Development, 1971
By nonintellective" are meant factors which are present in a test situation and which influence the test scores obtained but are not obviously related to the skills or knowledge ostensibly being measured by the test. (Authors)
Descriptors: Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Language Role, Performance Factors
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Schwarz, J. Conrad; And Others – Child Development, 1985
Examines the reliability and validity of the scores of diverse informants from the Child's Report of Parental Behavior Inventory (CRPBI). Also considers the utility of aggregating scores of parental behavior derived from multiple observers. CRPBI items were adapted to obtain mother's, father's, sibling's, and subject's ratings of parental behavior…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Data Collection, Measures (Individuals), Parent Child Relationship