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Slate, John R.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Conducted study to examine whether practitioners err in administering and scoring Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). Obtained WAIS-R protocols from 50 randomly selected psychological folders in records of 1 school district. Found that practitioners committed errors on all 50 protocols. Errors on 27 of 50 protocols were sufficient…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Examiners, Intelligence Tests, Scoring
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Isenberg, Steven J.; Bass, Barry A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
This study found that the verbal and nonverbal behaviors of examiners during testing may have affects on the intelligence performance of adult subjects. (EK)
Descriptors: Adults, Examiners, Intelligence Tests, Performance Factors
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King, Daniel W.; Bashey, Husain I. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1978
The pilot study investigates a method by which blind individuals might administer an abbreviated form of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Examiners, Intelligence Tests
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Slate, John R.; Jones, Craig H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1990
Investigated specific problem caused by traditional method of teaching students to administer Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. Analysis of 180 protocols by 26 graduate students revealed average of 8.8 mistakes per protocol. When errors were corrected, 81 percent of Full Scale intelligence quotients were changed. Students' performance…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Examiners, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Voskuil, Susan; Tucker, Inez A. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1987
To examine participant and examiner bias, graduate students posing as disabled examiners in a wheelchair administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised to 101 nondisabled college students. In terms of bias operating to influence subtest scores, only participant gender had a significant effect. Men scored higher than women on both the…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Examiners, Experimenter Characteristics
Pelosi, John William – 1968
This study investigated the influence of examiner race (white versus Negro), style of interaction (warm versus cold), and sex (male versus female) on test responses of 96 male Negro subjects enrolled in an antipoverty work experience program. The Information, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Digit-Symbol, Block Design, and Picture Arrangement subtests…
Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Tests, Blacks