Variability in Early Communicative Development

Larry Fenson is the author of Variability in Early Communicative Development, published by Wiley.

• AbstractI: IntroductionII: History and DevelopmentIII: The Macarthur Communicative Development Inventories and Methods of the Normative StudyIV: Reliability and Validity of the CDI InventoriesV: Developmental Trends and Variability in the Acquisition of Communicative SkillsVI: Interrelations Among the Major Components of the CDIVII: The Contribution of Gender, Social Class, and Birth Order to Variation in Early Language and CommunicationVIII: Stability of Individual Differences IX: Individual Item AnalysesX: DiscussionAppendix A: The CDI Infant and Toddler Forms Appendix BAppendix CAppendix DAppendix EReferencesAcknowledgmentsThe Instrument is Great, But Measuring Comprehension is Still a ProblemMichael Tomasello, Carolyn B. Mervis.On the Nature of Informant Judgments in Inventory Measures: . . . and So What is it You Want to Know? Joan StilesContributorsStatement of Editorial Policy