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Reliability and abnormality of scaled‐score ranges
Author(s) -
Silverstein A. B.
Publication year - 1989
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(198911)45:6<926::aid-jclp2270450615>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - abnormality , psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , test score , statistical significance , statistics , test (biology) , index (typography) , mathematics , social psychology , standardized test , computer science , physics , paleontology , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , world wide web , biology , mathematics education
The distinction between the reliability (statistical significance) and the abnormality (unusualness) of test score differences is shown to apply equally to a common index of subtest scatter, the scaled‐score range. The evaluation of scaled‐score ranges on the WISC‐R is used as an illustrative example.