Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ551819
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Examining the Question of Gender Bias in the Slosson Intelligence Test in Relation to Reading.
Flynt, Samuel W.; Warren, Janet S.; Morton, Rhonda C.; Smith, Furman H.
Reading Psychology, v18 n3 p237-48 Jul-Sep 1997
Investigates possible gender bias in the Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) in relation to reading skills. Administers the SIT and the Diagnostic Reading Scales (DRS) to 66 subjects age 8.5 to 13.5 years. Indicates the SIT was a statistically significant predictor of DRS subtests that assess oral reading, silent reading, and listening comprehension. Finds no evidence of gender bias. (PA)
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Reading Achievement, Reading Research, Sex Bias, Test Bias, Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Slosson Intelligence Test
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