What to Look for in the Technical Manual: Twenty Questions for Users.

Hutchinson, Thomas A.

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ERIC Number: EJ522853

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Publication Date: 1996

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What to Look for in the Technical Manual: Twenty Questions for Users.

Hutchinson, Thomas A.

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, v27 n2 p109-21 Apr 1996

This article uses a question-and-answer format to describe the major categories of technical information usually presented in technical manuals for tests used by speech/language clinicians, including logical evidence of validity, empirical evidence of validity, types of reliability estimates, and practical issues in applying standardization data and norms. (DB)

Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Tests, Psychometrics, Speech Language Pathology, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Test Interpretation, Test Norms, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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