Fluharty preschool speech and language screening test: analysis of construct validity.
The Fluharty Preschool Speech and Language Screening Test was examined in terms of construct validity. Analysis of the test was based on results of 260 preschool children, aged 3-6. Although age differentiation was moderately demonstrated--as was the need for separate language subtests--results for internal consistency, discriminant analysis, and item difficulty analysis raised questions as to the usefulness and appropriateness of many test items. The test as a whole was not found to be racially biased; however, individual test items may be.
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University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D010700:Phonetics; D011594:Psychometrics; D014825:Vocabulary; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology