A comparison of eye-gaze and standard response mode on the PPVT-R

• Published in: Psychology in the schools Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 265 - 271
• Main Authors: Spillane, Mary M., Ross, Kristen K., Vasa, Stanley F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brandon Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.10.1996; Wiley
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Children; Developmental psychology; Elementary Education; Eye Fixations; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Language Impairments; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (Revised); Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychometrics; Response Patterns; Response Style (Tests); Special Needs Students; Test Validity; Vocabulary Skills; Human; Verbal ability; Vocabulary; School age; Gaze; Aptitude test; Response modality; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Dunn; Psychometrics; Test reliability; Child; Preadolescent
• ISSN: 0033-3085; 1520-6807
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(199610)33:4<265::AID-PITS1>3.0.CO;2-M

The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test‐Revised was adapted to allow for the use of eye‐gaze as a response mode. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a change in response mode altered test scores. Eighty children, aged 8–12 and without known motor or communication disabilities, completed both the adapted and standard forms of the test. Administration was counter balanced for form of PPVT‐R and order of administration. No significant difference in standard scores was found between the eye‐gaze and standard response modes. The reliability of interpretation of eye‐gaze responses across examiners was 97.72%. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.