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Atehortua, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Intelligence tests are used in a variety of settings such as schools, clinics, and courts to assess the intellectual capacity of individuals of all ages. Intelligence tests are used to make high-stakes decisions such as special education placement, employment, eligibility for social security services, and determination of the death penalty.…
Descriptors: Adults, Intelligence Tests, Children, Error of Measurement
Mrazik, Martin; Janzen, Troy M.; Dombrowski, Stefan C.; Barford, Sean W.; Krawchuk, Lindsey L. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2012
A total of 19 graduate students enrolled in a graduate course conducted 6 consecutive administrations of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 4th edition (WISC-IV, Canadian version). Test protocols were examined to obtain data describing the frequency of examiner errors, including administration and scoring errors. Results identified 511…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Intelligence, Statistical Analysis, Scoring
Slate, John R. – 1986
Studies have revealed significant problems in correctly scoring ambiguous verbal responses to test items on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). This study evaluated the effectiveness of an instructional design procedure developed to reduce examiner scoring errors on the WISC-R. Data concerning frequent sources of error…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Error of Measurement, Graduate Students, Higher Education

Slate, John R.; Chick, David – Psychology in the Schools, 1989
Clinical psychology graduate students (N=14) administered Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. Found numerous scoring and mechanical errors that influenced full-scale intelligence quotient scores on two-thirds of protocols. Particularly prone to error were Verbal subtests of Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Similarities. Noted specific…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Error of Measurement, Examiners, Graduate Students

Conner, Robert; Woodall, Fred E. – Psychology in the Schools, 1983
Studied the effects of experience in administration and scoring of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) on types of examiner errors. Results showed total score and administrative error rates dropped significantly with experience and feedback, but response scoring errors, mathematical errors, and IQ errors were not reduced…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Examiners, Experience, Experimenter Characteristics