title: Differences between scorers on selected language measures.
abstract: Differences in scores assigned by five speech-language pathologists were determined for 96 language samples utilizing assessments of total words, total sentences, words per sentence, syntax quotient (usage and endings), syntax quotient (structures), and an abstract-concrete scale. Results of the study showed statistically significant interscorer differences for words per sentence, syntax quotient (usage and endings), and the abstract-concrete scale. Although the mean differences between scorers for total words, total sentences, and syntax quotient (structures) were not statistically significant, substantial absolute differences between scorers were found on all six measurement procedures.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests / Q000379:methods*; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000592:standards*