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The concurrent validity of a new intelligence test: The kahn intelligence test (KIT)
Author(s) -
Fenlon Whatley,
L'Abate Luciano
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<412::aid-pits2310130411>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - psychology , concurrent validity , test (biology) , test validity , intelligence quotient , perception , developmental psychology , borderline intellectual functioning , cognitive psychology , sample (material) , psychometrics , cognition , internal consistency , psychiatry , paleontology , biology , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience
The concurrent validity of the KIT was evaluated by correlating it with other tests of intellectual, perceptual, social, linguistic and psycholinguistic functioning, using a sample of 106 retardates. Positive correlations between the KIT and these other measures attest to its potential usefulness as a measure of intelligence.