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ERIC Number: EJ552125
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0145-482X
Techniques to Collect and Analyze the Cognitive Map Knowledge of Persons with Visual Impairment or Blindness: Issues of Validity.
Kitchin, R. M.; Jacobson, R. D.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v91 n4 p360-76 Jul-Aug 1997
Assesses techniques used by researchers to collect and analyze data on how people with visual impairments or blindness learn, understand, and think about geographic space. Recommendations are made for increasing the validity of studies, including the use of multiple, mutually supportive tests; larger samples; and real-world environments. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Blindness, Cognitive Tests, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Evaluation Methods, Geographic Concepts, Physical Geography, Research Problems, Test Reliability, Visual Impairments
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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