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Mishra, Shitala P. – 1983
The study investigated cultural bias in the verbal items of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). Six verbal subtests of the WISC-R were administered to 40 Anglo, 40 Mexican-American, and 40 Navajo intermediate grade students matched for grade level, sex, and socioeconomic status. The responses of three groups of subjects…
Descriptors: Ethnic Bias, Intelligence Tests, Intermediate Grades, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Boyd, Thomas A.; Tramontana, Michael G. – 1984
To examine the validity of short forms of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), the WISC-R was first administered to 106 hospitalized psychiatric patients, aged 8-16. No subjects had a primary diagnosis of mental retardation or learning disability, and one-third were receiving psychotropic medication. WISC-R IQ scores…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education
