Abstract

VIVAS, Leticia  and  FERNANDEZ LIPORACE, Mercedes. Diseño y análisis preliminar de un instrumento para evaluar relaciones conceptuales taxonómicas en población clínica hispanoparlante. Rev Arg Cs Comp. [online]. 2015, vol.7, n.3, pp.00-00. ISSN 1852-4206.

This paper presents the design and preliminary psychometric analysis of a scale to assess taxonomic conceptual relations. The instrument consists of a verbal and a pictorial scale and offers four answer choices. We assessed 43 participants with and without neurological disease over 60 years. A discriminant analysis was conducted and it indicated a sensitivity of 90.9 % for the verbal scale and 91 % for the pictorial and a specificity of 100 % for both scales. Reliability analysis yielded ordinal alpha values ​​of .985 for the verbal scale and .983 for the pictorial scale. In turn, evidences of convergent validity were obtained by correlating with WAIS´ Analogies subtest, Picture sorting from the EMSDA and word-picture matching from the BEA.

Keywords : Taxonomic Relation; Assessment; Psychometric Properties; Semantic.