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Methodological issues in the clinical evaluation of two‐ and four‐subtest short forms of the WAIS‐R
Author(s) -
Thompson Anthony P.
Publication year - 1987
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(198701)43:1<142::aid-jclp2270430123>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - short forms , psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , set (abstract data type) , test (biology) , cognitive psychology , intelligence quotient , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , cognition , psychiatry , paleontology , computer science , biology , programming language
The evaluation of two‐ and four‐subtest short forms of the WAIS‐R has proceeded with little empirical attention to the effects of shortened administration time upon test performance. Routinely, the full WAIS‐R has been administered and short form estimates extracted from the complete set of test results. Time and motivational/attentional factors can be evaluated by the administration of short form subtests first, followed by the remaining subtests in standard order or, alternatively, by the test‐retest paradigm with short and complete WAIS‐R versions. Limitations of these methodologies and existing empirical results are discussed.