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Race and sex differences on the McCarthy Screening Test
Author(s) -
Umansky Warren,
Cohen Linda R.
Publication year - 1980
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(198007)17:3<400::aid-pits2310170321>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - psychology , race (biology) , test (biology) , verbal memory , developmental psychology , racial differences , white (mutation) , screening test , cognition , ethnic group , psychiatry , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , botany , sociology , anthropology , gene , biology , medicine , family medicine
MST scores were analyzed to determine race and sex differences on the six subtests. The sample consisted of 971 five‐ and six‐year‐old children. Differences in performance between males and females were found on the Verbal Memory and Leg Coordination subtests. Differences between white and nonwhite children were found on the Verbal Memory and Numerical Memory subtests.