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The dimensionality of inference making: Are local and global inferences distinguishable?

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The dimensionality of inference making: Are local and global inferences distinguishable? . / Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC); Muijselaar, Marloes M. L. .
In: Scientific Studies of Reading, Vol. 22, No. 2, 02.2018, p. 117-136.

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Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC) & Muijselaar, MML 2018, 'The dimensionality of inference making: Are local and global inferences distinguishable? ', Scientific Studies of Reading, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 117-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2017.1371179

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Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), & Muijselaar, M. M. L. (2018). The dimensionality of inference making: Are local and global inferences distinguishable? . Scientific Studies of Reading, 22(2), 117-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2017.1371179

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Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), Muijselaar MML. The dimensionality of inference making: Are local and global inferences distinguishable? . Scientific Studies of Reading. 2018 Feb;22(2):117-136. Epub 2017 Sept 28. doi: 10.1080/10888438.2017.1371179

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Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC) ; Muijselaar, Marloes M. L. . / The dimensionality of inference making : Are local and global inferences distinguishable? . In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 2018 ; Vol. 22, No. 2. pp. 117-136.

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abstract = "We investigated the dimensionality of inference making in samples of 4- to 9-year-olds (Ns=416-783) to determine if local and global coherence inferences could be distinguished. In addition, we examined the validity of our experimenter-developed inference measure by comparing with three additional measures of listening comprehension. Multitrait, multimethod modeling determined that the best fitting model included both text and inference factors, but the factor loadings of these final models showed that local and global inference factors could not be measured reliably. The Inference Task as a whole was reliable and showed good validity at all grade levels.",
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