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Short forms of the WAIS‐R with psychiatric inpatients: A comparison of techniques
Author(s) -
Boone Daniel E.
Publication year - 1990
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(199003)46:2<197::aid-jclp2270460213>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - wechsler adult intelligence scale , short forms , psychology , vocabulary , standard error , intelligence quotient , psychometrics , clinical psychology , psychiatry , statistics , cognition , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy
The relative performance of six Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale‐Revised short forms (Brooker & Cyr, 1986; Reynolds, Wilson, & Clark, 1983; Silverstein, 1982) was examined for a group of psychiatric inpatients ( N = 50). Short forms were evaluated according to their ability to predict the Full Scale IQ using regression analysis. The standard error of estimate was significantly smaller for Silverstein's (1982) four‐subtest short form, which consists of Vocabulary, Arithmetic, Picture Arrangement, and Block Design. Using the Silverstein (1982) tables, 90% of the short form IQs fell within ±6 points of the actual Full Scale IQ.