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Differential validity of reversal errors as predictors of first‐grade reading achievement for blacks and whites
Author(s) -
Kaufman Nadeen L.
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(198010)17:4<460::aid-pits2310170407>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - psychology , predictive validity , developmental psychology , test (biology) , test validity , clinical psychology , psychometrics , paleontology , biology
The aim was to explore race and sex differences on a measure of reversal and sequencing errors for a group of 401 first‐grade children. Differences were examined in two ways: comparisons of mean scores on the Horst Reversals Test, and comparisons of the predictive validity coefficients of this reversals measure. White children scored significantly higher than black children on the reversals test, although predictive validity coefficients were substantial (.50s‐.60s) for both races. Sex differences tended to be minor and of little consequence.