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Styck, Kara M.; Watkins, Marley W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
The structural validity of the "Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition" (WISC-IV) was evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis for a clinical sample of 1,537 students diagnosed with specific learning disabilities (SLD) by school psychologists in two large southwestern school districts. Results indicated that a…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Children, Test Validity, Factor Analysis
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Li, Jingguang; Zhao, Yajun; Kong, Feng; Du, Shuailing; Yang, Suyong; Wang, Song – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
This study sought to validate the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S), an instrument that measures perseverance and passion for long-term goals, among Chinese high school students. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the scale retains the two-factor structure of the original scale. The scale demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Adolescents, Program Validation, High School Students
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Flanagan, Dawn P.; Alfonso, Vincent C.; Reynolds, Matthew R. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
In this commentary, we reviewed two clinical validation studies on the Wechsler Scales conducted by Weiss and colleagues. These researchers used a rigorous within-battery model-fitting approach that demonstrated the factorial invariance of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) and Wechsler Adult Intelligence…
Descriptors: Psychological Studies, Intelligence Tests, Intelligence Quotient, Cognitive Ability
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Schneider, W. Joel – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
Researchers often argue that the structural models of the constructs they study are relevant to clinicians. Unfortunately, few clinicians are able to translate the mathematically precise relationships between latent constructs and observed scores into information that can be usefully applied to individuals. Typically this means that when a new…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Psychological Studies, Cognitive Ability, Test Reliability
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Kaufman, Alan S. – School Psychology Digest, 1979
A selective review of literature on the revised Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-R) is presented to relate research results to test interpretation. Included are inferences drawn from factor analyses, subtest specificity, subtest profiles for some exceptional populations assessment of minority group children, and IQ differences…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests
Brown, Scott W.; Yakimowski, Mary E. – 1984
The purpose of this study was to replicate previous factor analytical studies of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) employing children identified as gifted. However, rather than using the IQ criterion, a child's 11 WISC-R subtest scores were included in the analysis. Subsamples of gifted (as classified by local school…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
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Slate, John R.; Jones, Craig H. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
Two studies involving 89 children were conducted to evaluate the validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) with African American students undergoing special education evaluations. Results were highly correlated with previously determined IQs, and the factor structure of the WISC-III was generally supported.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Factor Analysis
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Macmann, Gregg M.; Barnett, David W. – Journal of Special Education, 1992
The factor structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) was examined in the standardization sample using new methods of factor analysis. The substantial overlap across factors was most parsimoniously represented by a single general factor. Implications for public policy regarding the purposes and outcomes of special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Sellers, Alfred H.; And Others – 1990
The relationships between intellectual and demographic variables of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) were examined. Subjects were 2,200 children in the WISC-R standardization sample. Four multiple regression analyses were performed between Full Scale and Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Organization, and Freedom from…
Descriptors: Children, Comprehension, Cultural Influences, Demography
Unks, Nancy J.; Merrifield, Phillip R. – 1971
A pilot study was conducted to ascertain if creative abilities measures could be adapted to the upper elementary school level and maintain their factorial validity. The factorial validities of seven measures of productive thinking abilities at the upper elementary school level were tested across grade levels and different socio-economic…
Descriptors: Correlation, Culture Fair Tests, Divergent Thinking, Elementary School Students