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Evidence That Practitioners Err in Administering and Scoring the WAIS-R.
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Slate, John R.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Conducted study to examine whether practitioners err in administering and scoring Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). Obtained WAIS-R protocols from 50 randomly selected psychological folders in records of 1 school district. Found that practitioners committed errors on all 50 protocols. Errors on 27 of 50 protocols were sufficient…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Examiners, Intelligence Tests, Scoring
Student Error in Administering the WISC-R: Identifying Problem Areas.
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Slate, John R.; Jones, Craig H. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990
Investigated most frequent types of examiner errors made by graduate students (n=26) in administering Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and examined on which items these mistakes were most likely to occur. Findings identified deficiencies in traditional methods of teaching students how to administer the WISC-R. Students…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Examiners, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Practitioners and Cross-Cultural Assessment: A Practical Guide to Information and Training.
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Hinkle, J. Scott – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1994
Presents a cross-cultural perspective for testing practitioners. Discusses practical cross-cultural assessment issues, including test unfairness or bias. Offers solutions to testing issues regarding diverse populations. Includes 80 citations. (Author/CRR)
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Evaluation
Examiner Disability and Other Bias Sources in Administration of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised.
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Voskuil, Susan; Tucker, Inez A. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1987
To examine participant and examiner bias, graduate students posing as disabled examiners in a wheelchair administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised to 101 nondisabled college students. In terms of bias operating to influence subtest scores, only participant gender had a significant effect. Men scored higher than women on both the…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Examiners, Experimenter Characteristics
Psychosocial Characteristics of Handicapped Children Who Perform Suboptimally during Assessment.
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Fuchs, Douglas; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1986
A language test and five psychosocial measures were used to evaluate the effect of examiners on 32 disabled preschool and school-age children who were moderately to profoundly speech impaired, or both. Results indicated that the children performed significantly better when tested by familiar examiners than by unfamiliar examiners. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education