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Zhu, Jianjun; Chen, Hsinyi – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
This study examined empirical evidence for clinical utility of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, fourth edition (WISC-IV) cancellation subtest by comparing data from 597 clinical and 597 matched control children. The results of dependent t and sequential logistic regression analyses demonstrated that (a) children with intellectual…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Visual Measures, Clinical Diagnosis, Children
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Harrison, Allyson G.; DeLisle, Michelle M.; Parker, Kevin C. H. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2008
The General Ability Index (GAI) was compared with Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III) Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) from the WAIS-III in data obtained from 381 adults assessed for reported learning or attention problems between 1998 and 2005. Not only did clients with more neurocognitively based disorders (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Adults, Patients, Intelligence Tests, Intelligence
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Longman, R. Stewart – Psychological Assessment, 2004
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III; Wechsler, 1997b) provides factor-based index scores but allows only for pairwise comparison of these scores, producing inflated Type I error rates and reducing profile interpretability. This article provides tables for simultaneous comparison to the overall mean index score, thus…
Descriptors: Memory, Learning Disabilities, Indexes, Head Injuries
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Towne, Roger L.; Entwisle, Laura M. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1993
This study of comprehension of metaphors found that 11 adolescents with traumatic brain injury (TBI) exhibited little difference in comprehension compared to that of 18 normal adolescents. Ten adolescents with language learning disability, in contrast, demonstrated significantly poorer comprehension of metaphors than did both the normal subjects…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Head Injuries