"Identification of special education needs with the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC): A hierarchical classification model": Correction.

Reports an error in the original article by R. B. Kline et al (Psychological Assessment, 1993[Sep], Vol 5[3], 307–316). A correction was made to the 1st classification rule in Figure 2. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1994-16019-001.) Psychologists who test children for possible special education placement are obliged to incorporate parental input into the assessment process. This investigation studied the utility of a multidimensional, parent-informant questionnaire, the PIC, as a screening measure for the need for special education services. PIC profiles from children in regular classrooms and classrooms for the learning disabled, emotionally impaired, and mentally impaired were used in discriminant function analyses to develop a set of hierarchical classification rules. Results of analyses within both a derivation and a replication sample indicated reasonable high correct classification rates for these rules. Also, results within a 3rd sample of African-American and White children matched for IQ suggest absence of classification bias by race. Implications of these results for use of the PIC in school assessments are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)