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A short form of the McCarthy scales of children's abilities: Methodological and clinical applications
Author(s) -
Taylor Ronald L.,
Slocumb Paul R.,
O'Neill Janet
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197907)16:3<347::aid-pits2310160305>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , short forms , cognition , regression analysis , clinical psychology , statistics , psychiatry , mathematics
The McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA) was administered to 50 kindergarten‐aged children to obtain General Cognitive Indices (GCI). A short form of the MSCA was developed by using a step‐wise regression analysis to select the six subtests that best predicted the GCI. The potential use of such a short form for kindergarten screening was discussed.