Brown J R
Speech Pathology and Audiology, State University of New York College at Fredonia.
Ear Hear. 1987 Oct;8(5):262-9. doi: 10.1097/00003446-198710000-00002.
The purpose for this study was to determine the internal consistency (reliability) and the test-retest consistency (stability), and analyze the factor structures for the first ten tests of The Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Auditory Skills Battery (GFW Battery) in a population of normally hearing and regularly educated elementary children. The test battery was administered exactly as described in the test manuals to 100 children randomly selected from three public school districts. The results were that while the tests in the GFW Battery were typically reliable they were not stable. Additionally, the results indicated that factor structures suggested four distinct behaviors which conformed to auditory processing but which were significantly different than the factor structures reported for the GFW Battery. The first implication for clinicians is to retest children, after initial test administration, to ensure the stability of the initial test score. The second implication from this study is to question the validity of identifying each of the tests of the GFW Battery as unique and the validity for isolating the first 10 tests for planning and implementing auditory training.
本研究的目的是确定《戈德曼-弗里斯托-伍德科克听觉技能测试组》（GFW测试组）前十项测试在听力正常且接受正规教育的小学儿童群体中的内部一致性（可靠性）和重测一致性（稳定性），并分析其因素结构。测试组按照测试手册中的描述，对从三个公立学区随机抽取的100名儿童进行了测试。结果显示，GFW测试组中的测试通常具有可靠性，但不具有稳定性。此外，结果表明因素结构显示出四种不同的行为，这些行为符合听觉处理，但与GFW测试组报告的因素结构有显著差异。对临床医生的第一个启示是，在首次进行测试后对儿童进行重新测试，以确保初始测试分数的稳定性。本研究的第二个启示是，质疑将GFW测试组的每项测试都视为独特的有效性，以及将前十项测试分离出来用于规划和实施听觉训练的有效性。
