To match or not to match? methodological issues in autism-related research.
Studies of autism typically adopt a factorial matched-groups design aimed at eliminating nonspecific factors such as mental retardation as explanations of performance on experimental tasks. This paper reviews the issues involved in designing such studies and interpreting their results and suggests t...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 81 - 87 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Feb2004
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