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Use of the WISC‐R with a learning disabled population: Some diagnostic implications
Author(s) -
Anderson Marilyn,
Kaufman Alan S.,
Kaufman Nadeen L.
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(197610)13:4<381::aid-pits2310130403>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - psychology , learning disabled , wechsler intelligence scale for children , learning disability , developmental psychology , intelligence quotient , diagnostic test , population , clinical psychology , cognition , pediatrics , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health
A group of 41 learning disabled children in Hawaii, aged 6 to 151/2, were tested on the WISC‐R. Two main questions were explored: (a) Do the separate WISC‐R tests assess “g” for learning disabled children to the same degree that they do for normal children? (b) Is there significantly more scatter among the tests for learning disabled than for normal youngsters? The answers to these questions were interpreted in terms of their diagnostic significance.