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A comparison between the WISC and WISC‐R among educable mentally retarded students
Author(s) -
Hamm Harry,
Wheeler Jimmy,
McCallum Steve,
Herrin Maurice,
Hunter Dorothy,
Catoe Carol
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197601)13:1<4::aid-pits2310130102>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - wechsler intelligence scale for children , psychology , intelligence quotient , mentally retarded , population , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , demography , cognition , sociology
Abstract The study compared differences and similarities between WISC and WISC‐R scores for 48 ten‐ and thirteen‐year‐old EMR students, who were matched according to sex and race. The WISC‐R yielded significantly lower VS, PS, and FS IQ scores than the WISC for this predominantly rural Georgia population. The FS IQ scores from the WISC‐R averaged 7.5 points lower than the WISC FS IQs, with similar differences noted for VS and PS scores. There was no significant difference in FS IQs between the two age groups. Results suggest that many children classified as “Borderline” or slightly above by the WISC will be classified as “Mentally Deficient” by the WISC‐R.