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Concurrent validity of the test of nonverbal intelligence with referred suburban and Canadian native children
Author(s) -
Kowall Miles A.,
Watson Graham M. W.,
Madak Paul R.
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(199009)46:5<632::aid-jclp2270460515>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - intelligence quotient , psychology , nonverbal communication , test (biology) , developmental psychology , test validity , clinical psychology , psychometrics , cognition , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
The relationship between the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (TONI) and the WISC‐R was investigated for cultural differences. The samples consisted of 30 suburban and 22 Native children who were referred for learning difficulties. The results indicated the suburban group was higher than the Native group on Verbal IQ, but not Performance IQ, Full Scale IQ, or the TONI Quotient. The correlation coefficient between the TONI Quotient and PIQ was as expected in the Native group, but unexpectedly low in the suburban group. Implications of these findings for the testing of both referred majority and Native group members are discussed.