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Assessment of understanding by people manifesting mental retardation: a preliminary report
E M Coles1, T T Freitas, R Tweed
1Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. michael_coles@SFU.ca
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
An analysis of the psychological aspects of the legal concept of competency/fitness to stand trial draws attention to the central role of understanding. The rationale of certain basic requirements for the construct validity of a psychometric test of understanding in people with mental retardation is presented, and a test that meets those requirements is described.