Digest for info-childes at googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 2 Topics

[Katie Alcock]

You still can't use Ravens with 3 year olds...
On 15 Aug 2011, at 20:34, jo.vanherwegen at googlemail.com wrote:

> An even cheaper alternative is using Ravens Matrices raw scores if you just want to compare two groups. (Or use z-scores instead of raw scores). Also the instructions require almost no language (you can use gestures) which is beneficial when researching children with language/ communication impairments.
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> Best,
> Jo
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> Leiter R vs WPPSI with 3- and 4-year-olds [1 Update]
> CLAN on Lion [1 Update]
>  Topic: Leiter R vs WPPSI with 3- and 4-year-olds
> "Alcock, Katie" <k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk> Aug 15 10:00AM +0100 ^
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> Do you actually need a non-verbal IQ score, or do you just need some
> form of non-verbal ability test, which you could use to match children
> (of the same age) or co-vary against a verbal score (again with the same
> age group), or even from which you could obtain a standard score for
> every child (regardless of age)?
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> Because if you want to do one of those things (rather than actually
> obtain an IQ score) you can just use a subtest of the WPPSI, or of the
> BAS (we usually use Block Design from the BAS). You can still compare
> children and obtain a standard score on that one test.
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> Katie
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> [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kirsten Abbot-Smith
> Sent: 13 August 2011 10:36
> To: info-childes at googlegroups.com
> Subject: Leiter R vs WPPSI with 3- and 4-year-olds
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> 
>  
> Hi everybody,
> I need to assess non-verbal IQ for an intervention study with 3- and
> 4-year-olds with language and communication disorders. I therefore will
> have to fork out a considerable amount of money for a test. I am
> currently tossing up between the Leiter R (which claims to be the only
> truly non-verbal test) and the Wechsler Pre-school and Primary Scale of
> Intelligence (which seems to be more widely used).
>  
> Does anyone have any experience comparing the advantages and
> disadvantages of using these two tests with this age group? I am quite
> wary of using lengthy and boring tests with a group which are not
> exactly known for their ability to maintain sustained attention and / or
> understand verbal instructions! 
>  
> Many thanks in advance,
> Kirsten
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>  Topic: CLAN on Lion
> Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu> Aug 14 05:15PM -0400 ^
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> All CLAN's features are functioning correctly now on new 10.7 Lion operating system. If you are upgrading to 10.7 Lion OS, then please download the new version of CLAN from childes web site.
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> Leonid.
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> On Aug 10, 2011, at 17:00, Brian MacWhinney wrote:
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