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ERIC Number: EJ608584
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Measuring Variability in Early Child Language: Don't Shoot the Messenger.
Fenson, Larry; Bates, Elizabeth; Dale, Philip; Goodman, Judith; Reznick J., Steven; Thal, Donna
Child Development, v71 n2 p323-28 Apr-May 2000
Presents data showing that the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory's (CDI) large variability, lack of stability, and insufficient ability to predict early language delay are authentic reflections of individual differences in early language development rather than measurement deficiencies. Responds to critiques regarding sociodemographic influences on CDI scores. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Individual Differences, Infants, Language Acquisition, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
Note: Replies to article by Feldman, And Others (PS530596) in this issue.