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Lassiter, Kerry S.; Bell, Nancy L.; Hutchinson, Melody B.; Matthews, T. Darin – Psychology in the Schools, 2001
Examines the concurrent validity of the General Ability Measure for Adults (GAMA) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III). A comparison of the sample's mean scores indicates similar GAMA and WAIS-III Performance IQ scores. In contrast, the sample's mean GAMA IQ score was significantly lower than the sample's mean Full…
Descriptors: College Students, Concurrent Validity, Higher Education, Intelligence Tests
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Benedict, Ralph H. B.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1992
The concurrent validities of 3 short forms of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) were compared for their prediction of full-scale IQ for 145 male and 159 female psychiatric inpatients. Results support previous research showing better predictive accuracy for L. C. Ward's (1990) seven-subtest short form than the others. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Testing, Concurrent Validity, Cost Effectiveness
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Spruill, Jean; Beck, Brett – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
This study is a concurrent validation of Level II of the Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R) using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQ scores as criterion measures. Forty-five subjects were administered the WAIS-R and WRAT-R and their scores correlated. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, Comparative Testing, Concurrent Validity
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Axelrod, Bradley N.; Paolo, Anthony M. – Psychological Assessment, 1998
Full scale IQ (FSIQ) scores, followed by verbal (VIQ) and performance (PIQ) IQ scores, demonstrated the highest comparability between WAIS-R and its seven subtest form when tested with 1,880 subjects from the standardization sample. Correlations between versions were consistently lower for PIQ than FSIQ and VIQ. Age grouping did not affect…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concurrent Validity, Intelligence Quotient, Performance Based Assessment