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What Does It Mean to Be Autistic? Inter-State Variation in Special Education Criteria for Autism Services
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MacFarlane, Jaclyn R.; Kanaya, Tomoe – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2009
The prevalence of Autism and other Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) has increased dramatically in recent years. The criterion for a clinical diagnosis of Autism, however, is independent from the special education eligibility requirements for Autism services. While the DSM-IV-TR provides a nationally-accepted definition for Autism and ASD, under…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Legislation, Incidence, Autism
On the Value of Homogeneous Constructs for Construct Validation, Theory Testing, and the Description of Psychopathology
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Smith, Gregory T.; McCarthy, Denis M.; Zapolski, Tamika C. B. – Psychological Assessment, 2009
The authors argue for a significant shift in how clinical psychology researchers conduct construct validation and theory validation tests. They argue that sound theory and validation tests can best be conducted on measures of unidimensional or homogeneous constructs. Hierarchical organizations of such constructs are useful descriptively and…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Mental Disorders, Construct Validity, Psychopathology
Bayesian Ideal Types: Integration of Psychometric Data for Visually Impaired Persons.
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Jones, W. P. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
A model is proposed for the clinical synthesis of data from psychological tests of persons with visual impairments. The model integrates the concepts of the ideal type and Bayesian probability and compares actual test scores with ideal scores through use of a pattern similarity coefficient. A pilot study with Business Enterprise Program operators…
Descriptors: Business Education, Clinical Psychology, Models, Predictive Measurement
Accessing the BIOSIS Previews Database in Clinical Psychology.
Piotrowski, Chris; Perdue, Bob – 1988
The efficacy of using the BIOSIS Previews database as an online information retrieval tool in clinical psychology was investigated in a study conducted at the University of West Florida. Recognizing the importance of multi-database searching strategies when seeking comprehensive results, this study compared the citation output of this…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Citations (References), Clinical Psychology, Comparative Analysis