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Predicting WAIS‐R scores from the revised beta for low functioning minority group offenders
Author(s) -
Hiltonsmith Robert W.,
Hayman Peter M.,
Kleinman Paul
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198407)40:4<1063::aid-jclp2270400434>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition
Investigated the use of the Revised Beta for predicting WAIS‐R scores of low functioning minority group criminal offenders. Ninety black and Hispanic offenders who scored below 80 on the Beta were administered the WAIS‐R. For the entire group, mean scores on the two measures were correlated only moderately and were not interchangeable. Offenders scored significantly lower on the Beta than on the WAIS‐R. Subgroup analyses of blacks ( N = 67) and Hispanics ( N = 23) revealed that the Beta scores for the Hispanic offenders were not related significantly to either their WAIS‐R Verbal or Full Scale scores.