Premium
Concurrent validity of the PPVT‐R with the K‐ABC for learning problem children
Author(s) -
D'Amato Rik Carl,
Gray Jeffrey W.,
Dean Raymonds S.
Publication year - 1987
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(198701)24:1<35::aid-pits2310240106>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - psychology , peabody picture vocabulary test , concurrent validity , test validity , developmental psychology , scale (ratio) , predictive validity , stepwise regression , vocabulary , test (biology) , standard score , correlation , regression analysis , item analysis , standardized test , achievement test , psychometrics , statistics , cognition , mathematics education , internal consistency , psychiatry , mathematics , paleontology , philosophy , biology , linguistics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
This study examined the concurrent validity of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test‐Revised (PPVT‐R) and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K‐ABC) with 47 students referred for learning difficulties. A comparison of the correlations of each of the criterion measures from the K‐ABC global scales showed a more substantial relationship between the PPVT‐R standard score and the K‐ABC Achievement scale than with other K‐ABC scales. In an effort to further examine the relationship between the PPVT‐R and the K‐ABC, a stepwise multiple regression was calculated, with the standard scores of the K‐ABC global scales serving as the predictor variables of the PPVT‐R. This analysis indicated that the K‐ABC Achievement global scale was the only significant predictor of the PPVT‐R. Implications for practitioners were discussed.