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Pae, Hye K.; Greenberg, Daphne; Morris, Robin D. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2012
The aim of this study was to apply the Rasch model to an analysis of the psychometric properties of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--III Form A (PPVT--IIIA) items with struggling adult readers. The PPVT--IIIA was administered to 229 African American adults whose isolated word reading skills were between third and fifth grades. Conformity of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Test Items, Construct Validity, Test Validity
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Qi, Cathy H.; Marley, Scott C. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2011
The purpose of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of the "Preschool Language Scale-4" (PLS-4) with a sample of English-speaking Hispanic and European American children who attended Head Start programs. Participants were 440 children between the ages of 3 and 5 years (52% male; 86% Hispanic and 14% European American).…
Descriptors: Evidence, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication, Delayed Speech
Lichtenwald, Terrance Gordon – Online Submission, 1986
This study was an investigation of a microcomputer system which was developed to administer, score, analyze, and produce a written report for the Peabody picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R). The variables of reliability, age, gender, level of previous experience with microcomputers, preference for manual or computerized test administration,…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Intelligence Tests, Vocabulary, Test Validity