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. 2018 Dec 12;49(4):1599–1612. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3827-z

Table 2.

Internal consistency reliability of all sCPEP-3 subtests, and test–retest reliability (N = 62) and interrater reliability of the sCPEP-3 Performance Test (N = 59)

sCPEP-3 subtests Internal consistency reliability
Cronbach’s alphas of different age groups MICC N No. of items
2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Performance Test
 CVP 0.93 0.93 0.95 0.95 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.44 549 34
EL 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.95 0.96 0.95 0.47 551 25
 RL 0.95 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.97 0.96 0.62 553 19
 FM 0.85 0.85 0.90 0.86 0.91 0.93 0.89 0.32 554 20
 GM 0.85 0.86 0.86 0.63 0.84 0.84 0.81 0.35 554 15
 VMI 0.84 0.89 0.89 0.88 0.90 0.91 0.89 0.51 551 10
 AE 0.81 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.88 0.93 0.87 0.39 554 11
 SR 0.84 0.88 0.88 0.87 0.89 0.92 0.88 0.43 553 12
 CMB 0.83 0.86 0.87 0.86 0.90 0.86 0.86 0.30 554 15
 CVB 0.59 0.76 0.79 0.84 0.88 0.78 0.77 0.29 496 11
Caregiver Report
 PB 0.75 0.81 0.83 0.83 0.82 0.80 0.81 0.30 551 10
 PSC 0.77 0.77 0.84 0.79 0.84 0.81 0.80 0.33 551 13
 AB 0.87 0.86 0.85 0.85 0.89 0.85 0.86 0.29 549 15
Composites
 Communication 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.47 546 78
 Motor 0.94 0.94 0.95 0.93 0.96 0.97 0.95 0.49 551 45
 Maladaptive behaviors 0.93 0.94 0.94 0.95 0.96 0.93 0.94 0.28 495 49
sCPEP-3 Subtests Test–retest reliability r Interrater reliability
First testing (N = 62) Second testing (N = 62) Polychoric correlation coefficients (N = 59)
M SD M SD Min Max Median Mean
Performance Test
 CVP 34.05 15.59 38.22 14.72 0.96** 0.36 0.98 0.87 0.81
EL 17.70 13.13 19.52 13.60 0.98** 0.32 1.00 0.93 0.88
 RL 18.13 11.93 20.75 11.18 0.95** 0.61 0.98 0.88 0.87
 FM 28.77 7.15 30.43 6.57 0.94** 0.47 1.00 0.84 0.81
 GM 25.02 5.75 26.46 3.95 0.82** 0.20 1.00 0.78 0.78
 VMI 12.07 4.85 13.46 4.87 0.90** 0.54 0.87 0.71 0.73
 AE 14.85 3.56 15.15 3.34 0.78** 0.54 0.88 0.70 0.71
 SR 13.64 4.12 14.30 4.06 0.89** 0.19 0.90 0.65 0.65
 CMB 22.87 4.86 22.66 4.29 0.73** 0.47 0.87 0.70 0.67
 CVB 12.84 3.62 13.61 2.89 0.75** 0.33 0.83 0.65 0.64
Caregiver Report
 PB
 PSC
 AB
Composites
 Communication
 Motor
 Maladaptive behaviors

MICC mean inter-item correlation coefficients, CVP cognitive verbal/preverbal, EL expressive language, RL receptive language, FM fine motor, GM gross motor, VMI visual-motor imitation, AE affective expression, SR social reciprocity, CMB characteristic motor behaviors, CVB characteristic verbal behaviors, PB problem behaviors, PSC personal self-care, AB adaptive behavior

**p < .01