The Performance Scale of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised was administered to 185 hearing-impaired young adults. A gender difference was found only on the Digit Symbol subtest, where females outperformed males. The high degree of factorial similarity between males and females indicated that the underlying construct being measured does…

This study examines cultural bias in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. Results indicated no evidence of specific factors peculiar to Blacks v Whites, and rank order of item difficulties was similar in both groups. Race differences were due to differences in mental maturity rather than to test bias. (Author/RD)