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Stuttering and Disfluency as Two Reliable and Unambiguous Response Classes

1973; American Speech–Language–Hearing Association; Volume: 16; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1044/jshr.1604.691

0022-4685

James D. MacDonald, Richard R. Martin,

Phonetics and Phonology Research

No AccessJournal of Speech and Hearing ResearchResearch Article1 Dec 1973Stuttering and Disfluency as Two Reliable and Unambiguous Response Classes James D. MacDonald, and Richard R. Martin James D. MacDonald Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Google Scholar More articles by this author and Richard R. Martin University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.1044/jshr.1604.691 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In This experiment tested the utility of agreement as a method to separate stutterings and disfluencies into two reliable and unambiguous response classes. Reliability was determined by measures of interjudge and intrajudge agreement. The ambiguity of the two response classes was determined first, by the extent to which the two terms were applied to the same behaviors, and second, by differential location of units on words and intervals. Thirty college students identified stutterings and disfluencies from several five-second video-taped samples of stutterers in spontaneous speech. The results appear to support a series of conclusions. First, a small group of stutterings and a small group of disfluencies were identified both reliably and unambiguously; thus, two separate response classes sufficient to the requirements of behavioral research were isolated. Second, when all stutterings, regardless of agreement, were considered as a response class, that response class was highly unreliable. Third, regardless of the level of agreement, the terms disfluency and stuttering were generally applied to different and nonoverlapping behaviors. Fourth, further evidence of the distinctiveness of stutterings and disfluencies was the finding that stutterings generally occurred on words and disfluencies on intervals. 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