Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) standardization data (for 1,880 adults) were analyzed to determine the frequency of relative intersubtest scatter. Relative scatter range was defined as the difference between highest and lowest subtest scores based on the value of the highest subtest. (SLD)

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…

The law of diminishing returns suggested by C. Spearman (1904) presents a paradoxical conclusion that groups with the largest amount of "g" (general factor of intelligence) should have the greatest intertest correlation among intelligence tests, but, in fact, they have the least. Implications for intelligence theory are discussed. (SLD)

Compared the Cognitive Levels Test (CLT) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) scores for 55 children who were referred for remedial educational services. A comparison of the correlations for each of the criterion measures from the WISC-R showed a consistent significant positive relationship with the CLT. (Author/LLL)

Older adults (n=224) completed Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) and questionnaire eliciting information about subjects' perceptions of WAIS-R across five categories. Most subjects experienced WAIS-R as interesting, challenging, motivating, and within their endurance. Picture Arrangement and Block Design were only two subtests…

Evaluates three approaches to dynamic assessment of intelligence in terms of their ability to address both classification and remediation functions of assessment in schools. Argues that relative to traditional intelligence tests, dynamic approaches have failed to provide evidence of satisfactory technical characteristics, such as reliability and…

Found most representative subtest profiles for 1,200 children comprising standardization sample of Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI). Grouped scaled scores from WPPSI subtests according to similar level and shape using sequential minimum-variance cluster analysis with independent replications. Obtained final solution of…

Reviewed 285 studies describing intelligence of deaf and hard-of-hearing people to determine assessment practices used with this population; outcomes of intellectual assessments; and interaction between assessment practices and outcomes. Found research growing slowly, Wechsler Performance Scales being most popular assessment instruments, methods…

Provides tables of Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT) subtests and composite predicted-achievement standard scores based on Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) Verbal and Performance intelligence quotients (IQs). Tables allow examiners to determine quickly ability-achievement discrepancies based on WISC-III…

Subtest specificities were determined for each of the 11 subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised (D. Wechlser, 1981) for a sample of 200 psychiatric inpatients. Seven subtests were judged to have adequate to ample specificity; four subtests were found to have inadequate specificity for ipsative interpretation. (SLD)

Evaluates the extent to which newer IQ tests represent an improvement over their historical predecessors, the Binet and Wechsler scales, in terms of the potential for improved educational and psychological service delivery. Discusses three conceptually relevant criteria: theoretical foundations, psychometric integrity, and implications for…

A critical review of the theoretical basis and empirical results of the frequency accrual speed test (FAST) developed by D. Vickers and others (1993) leads to the conclusion that the FAST is not appropriately described as an alternative to the inspection time (IT) task, and that results from FAST are not generalizable to IT. (SLD)

To estimate Flynn effects (FEs) on forms of declarative memory (episodic, semantic) and visuospatial ability (Block Design) time-sequential analyses of data for Swedish adult samples (35-80 years) assessed on either of four occasions (1989, 1994, 1999, 2004; n = 2995) were conducted. The results demonstrated cognitive gains across occasions,…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate relationships between gender, A-level scores and scores on the learning and study strategies inventory (LASSI) of undergraduate students. Design/methodology/approach: The participants for this study were selected at random from the overall LASSI sampling exercise and males and females were…

Little is known about the association between measured intelligence and how people participate in democratic processes. In the 1970 British Cohort Study, we examined the association between childhood intelligence and, at age 34: whether and how people voted in the 2001 UK general election; how they intended to vote; and whether they had taken part…