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Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – 1983
A confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the respective viability of factor structure models for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) standardization data. The traditional verbal-performance split was compared to an alternative model proposed by Gutkin, Reynolds and Galvin. The confirmatory analysis indicated that the…
Descriptors: Adults, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Goodness of Fit
Peer reviewedMatarazzo, Joseph D. – American Psychologist, 1990
Increasingly neuropsychologists are under pressure, particularly in child custody and personal injury litigation, to justify the validity of the tests upon which their assessments are based. Reviews research on the validity of clinical opinions based on tests and concludes that test scores must be used in conjunction with life history and current…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Measurement Techniques, Measures (Individuals), Neurological Impairments
