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Publication Date: 2006-Jun
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Development of Demographic Norms for Four New WAIS-III/WMS-III Indexes
Lange, Rael T.; Chelune, Gordon J.; Taylor, Michael J.; Woodward, Todd S.; Heaton, Robert K.
Psychological Assessment, v18 n2 p174-181 Jun 2006
Following the publication of the third edition Wechsler scales (i.e., WAIS-III and WMS-III), demographically corrected norms were made available in the form of a computerized scoring program (i.e., WAIS-III/WMS-III/WIAT-II Scoring Assistant). These norms correct for age, gender, ethnicity, and education. Since then, four new indexes have been developed: the WAIS-III General Ability Index, the WMS-III Delayed Memory Index, and the two alternate Immediate and Delayed Memory Indexes. The purpose of this study was to develop demographically corrected norms for the four new indexes using the standardization sample and education oversample from the WAIS-III and WMS-III. These norms were developed using the same methodology as the demographically corrected norms made available in the WAIS-III/WMS-III/WIAT-II Scoring Assistant.
Descriptors: Norms, Scoring, Memory, Demography, Indexes, Age, Sex, Ethnicity, Evaluation Methods, Educational Attainment, Standardized Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Construction
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Individual Achievement Test; Wechsler Memory Scale
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