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A Method for Obtaining Listener Judgments of Spontaneously Produced Language: Social Validation through Direct Magnitude Estimation.

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Campbell, Thomas F.; Dollaghan, Christine – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992

This paper reviews basic social validity assessment techniques, discusses the constructs underlying direct magnitude estimation (DME), illustrates the use of DME for performing social validity evaluations of spontaneous language samples (with 3 brain-injured children, ages 10-15, and 3 controls), and discusses the relationship between subjective…

Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Expressive Language

Identifying Expressive Language Delay at Age Two.

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Rescorla, Leslie – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991

Two parent report inventories geared at assessing language skills in toddlers are examined, in terms of reliability, validity, and application. The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Toddlers and the Language Development Survey are compared and their combined use in handicap identification is discussed. (PB)

Descriptors: Communication Skills, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods, Handicap Identification