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Axelrod, Bradley N.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1996
The calculations of D. Schretlen, R. H. B. Benedict, and J. H. Bobholz for the reliabilities of a short form of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised (WAIS-R) (1994) consistently overestimated the values. More accurate values are provided for the WAIS--R and a seven-subtest short form. (SLD)
Descriptors: Error Correction, Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics), Intelligence Tests
Hopwood, Christopher J.; Richard, David C. S. – Assessment, 2005
Research on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III) suggests that practicing clinical psychologists and graduate students make item-level scoring errors that affect IQ, index, and subtest scores. Studies have been limited in that Full-Scale IQ (FSIQ) and examiner administration,…
Descriptors: Scoring, Psychologists, Intelligence Quotient, Graduate Students
Atkinson, Leslie – 1990
Three tables are provided to aid in the clinical interpretation of factor scores for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R; 1981). The factor structure of the WAIS-R has proven to be robust across samples, tests, time, statistical analyses, measurement scales, and distortions of the distribution. Information necessary to make…
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Error of Measurement