Validation of the International Reading Speed Texts in a Canadian Sample
| Autor: | Aaron Johnson, Elliott Morrice, Zoey Stark, Julian Hughes, Walter Wittich |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Vocabulary medicine.medical_specialty vision Canada media_common.quotation_subject Vision Disorders Visual Acuity Acuity Sample (statistics) Audiology IReST low vision 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Reading (process) Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Canadian English media_common Language Vision Tests Contrast Middle Aged Reference Standards Confidence interval Comprehension Ophthalmology Reading comprehension Reading 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Visual Impairment Female Normal vision Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Simulation Optometry |
| Zdroj: | Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry. 97(7) |
| ISSN: | 1538-9235 |
| Popis: | Significance The International Reading Speed Texts (IReST) is a valid measure of reading speed in a Canadian sample. However, if clinicians desire to assess reading comprehension using the IReST, this will significantly reduce reading speeds of individuals with normal vision or reduced visual acuity and therefore should use the values presented here. Purpose The purposes of this study are (1) to validate the IReST in an English-speaking Canadian sample and (2) to examine how reading comprehension questions and reduced visual acuity affect reading speed on the IReST. Methods For study 1, Canadian English speakers (n = 25) read all 10 IReST following the procedures used in the original IReST validation. For study 2, Canadian English speakers (n = 50) read all 10 IReST, half with normal/corrected-to-normal vision and half with reduced visual acuity, and were asked reading comprehension questions. Results No significant differences were found between Canadian sample and the published IReST values (in all cases, P > .05; mean difference [Mdiff] = -5.30 to +11.43; Cohen d = -0.15 to +0.27; Bayes factors = 0.41, 0.09). Assessing reading comprehension with multiple-choice questions on the IReST significantly reduced reading speeds in the normal vision condition (Mdiff = 25.3; 95% confidence interval, -16.7 to -34.1) and in the simulated impairment condition (Mdiff = 59.3; 95% confidence interval, -47.7 to -71). Conclusions The IReST is a valid measure that can be used to assess reading speed in a Canadian English-speaking sample. If researchers/clinicians wish to assess both reading speed and comprehension, using multiple-choice reading comprehension questions, then the values provided by the IReST will likely underestimate an individual's true reading speed in individuals with normal/corrected-to-normal vision or reduced visual acuity. |
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