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Peer reviewedWehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1998
The psychometric properties of the Hopelessness Scale for Children (A. Kazdin et al., 1983) were examined for children and adolescents with mental retardation or a learning disability. Analyses of scores from 261 students shows a factor structure almost identical to the original structure and scale scores of adequate validity. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Ability, Construct Validity
Peer reviewedMason, Elizabeth M.; Wenck, L. Stanley – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1989
Cognitive differences between 987 LD children and 178 EH children in public schools on a psychoeducational assessment battery were studied, and differences in factor structure were investigated. Caution is suggested in interpreting the results of multivariate statistical analyses, which indicated heterogeneity in the matrices of LD and EH…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment
