title: The effects of examiner race on the articulation responses of black school-aged children.
abstract: Ninety 6-, 7-, and 8-year-old black children were administered the Watts Articulation Test for Screening by a white examiner and by a black examiner. The subjects' obtained significantly better articulation scores when the test was administered by the white examiner than when it was administered by the black examiner. Age of subjects and the interactions of age and sex, and of examiner age and sex were found to be significant.
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D044465:White People