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Table 1 Comparison of mean GEDI domain scores with those from the EDI Normative Sample

From: Psychometric properties and contextual appropriateness of the German version of the Early Development Instrument

Domain (number of items)

N

M (Normative Samplea)

SD (Normative Samplea)

α (Normative Samplea)

Physical Health and Well-Being (13)

189

8.78 (8.74)

1.29 (1.11)

0.69 (0.84)

Social Competence (26)

191

8.17 (8.20)

1.49 (1.82)

0.91 (0.96)

Emotional Maturity (30)

188

7.54 (7.99)

1.40 (1.56)

0.89 (0.90)

Language and Cognitive Development (25)

184

5.31 (8.28)

2.38 (1.91)

0.93 (0.93)

Communication and General Knowledge (8)

191

8.06 (7.65)

2.17 (2.04)

0.88 (0.94)

  1.  GEDI German version of the Early Development Instrument
  2. aDescriptive statistics drawn from the “gold standard” normative sample (N >  124.000 <  125.218) of the EDI (from Janus and Duku 2004: Normative Data for the Early Development Instrument). Data courtesy of the Mannheim Institute of Public Health
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BMC Pediatrics

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