Lexical Wealth in basic education students (high school level) of Lima

Authors

  • María Rosario Quesada Murillo Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Miguel Escurra Mayaute Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Ana Delgado Vasquez Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rinvp.v4i1.5013

Keywords:

lexical precision, lexical wealth, vocabulary, school level

Abstract

It is tried to determine if significant differences exist in the lexical wealth in function of the school grade and of the type of educational, state center or matter. With a sample of 2956 students to those that it was evaluated with the Test of Wealth and of Lexical Precision built by André King (1962). The data were analyzed by means of the factorial analysis of variance for the individual effect and cocktail and the Analysis of Variance of a Factor for design multigroup. You concludes that both hypotheses are confirmed. That is to say that so much the origin school like the grade of studies cause significant differences.

Author Biographies

  • María Rosario Quesada Murillo, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
     
  • Miguel Escurra Mayaute, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
     
  • Ana Delgado Vasquez, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
     

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Published

2001-06-18

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Section

Investigaciones

How to Cite

Quesada Murillo, M. R., Escurra Mayaute, M., & Delgado Vasquez, A. (2001). Lexical Wealth in basic education students (high school level) of Lima. Revista De Investigación En Psicología, 4(1), 109-119. https://doi.org/10.15381/rinvp.v4i1.5013