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Peer reviewedJournal of Learning Disabilities, 1977
Reviewed are the technical problems in the work of Grill and Bartel who attempted to demonstrate that a bias exists in the Grammatical Closure subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities against speakers of nonstandard English. (SBH)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Nonstandard Dialects, Psycholinguistics, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedMcLeskey, James; Rieth, Herbert J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982
A study of 22 learning disabled (LD) and normal children (mean age nine years) was undertaken to illustrate the research problems involved in using analysis of covariance to control for differences between LD and normal children on measures of intelligence. (SW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedFletcher, Jack M.; Satz, Paul – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The paper evaluates the empirical and theoretical basis upon which several recent studies reject the hypothesis of a visual-perceptual deficit in reading disabilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Definitions, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedGross, Karen; Rothenberg, Stephen – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
Two methodological problems often arising in dyslexia research are considered. The first problem concerns the validity of experimental measures and the related problem of interpreting null results. The second problem involves the effects of sampling from a disabled population if the disorder under investigation has multiple unknown origins.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Dyslexia, Hypothesis Testing, Learning Disabilities
