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Hierarchical Factor Analysis of the K-ABC: Testing Alternate Models
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The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) as mentioned in this paper is a standardized test designed to assess simultaneous and sequential mental processing and achievement in children ages 2 ½ to 12 ½.Abstract:
The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children is a new, individually administered test designed to assess simultaneous and sequential mental processing and achievement in children ages 2 ½ to 12 ½. Factor analyses of the K-ABC standardization data generally offer support for the validity of the two mental processing scales, but analyses including the achievement tests have been considerably less supportive. For the present study, data from the standardization sample were used to test alternate structures for the K-ABC, based on the hypothesis that the test measures verbal memory skills, and verbal and nonverbal reasoning. Hierarchical factor models based on this structure were developed and tested using confirmatory techniques. Results suggest that the models fit the data fairly well, thus supporting the validity of this alternate structure. Of particular interest was the finding of the virtual equivalence of the verbal reasoning factor and the second order, or general ability, factor. It appears that users...read more
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Chapter 4 – Assessment of Child Intelligence
TL;DR: This article provided a context in which to understand children's intelligence by including a chronology of historical landmarks, by expounding on popular intelligence measures, and by looking at future trends in intelligence testing.
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Relative usefulness of elevation, variability, and shape information from WISC—R, K-ABC, and Fourth Edition Stanford-Binet profiles in predicting achievement.
TL;DR: In this paper, the validity of scatter information for two new IQ batteries, the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) and the Fourth Edition Stanford-Binet (SB4), was compared to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R).
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The K-ABC, Coding, and Planning: An Investigation of Cognitive Processes.
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K-ABC Theory in Historical and Current Contexts
TL;DR: The authors reviewed the development of the conceptual principles of the K-ABC theoretical model and places them in contemporary perspective, and concluded that the wealth of research evidence to date makes the k-ABC sequential/simultaneous model a useful heuristic for the study of children's intelligence.
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Factor Analysis of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) for Ages 2 1/2 through 12 1/2 Years.
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Effects of U.S. Private Schools: A Technical Analysis of Two Recent Claims:
Ellis B. Page,Timothy Z. Keith +1 more
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