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Investigation of the WISC‐R for use with retarded children: Correlation with the 1972 Stanford‐Binet and comparison of WISC and WISC‐R profiles
Author(s) -
Kaufman Alan S.,
Van Hagen John
Publication year - 1977
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(197701)14:1<10::aid-pits2310140103>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - wechsler intelligence scale for children , psychology , mentally retarded , stanford–binet intelligence scales , intelligence quotient , developmental psychology , psychiatry , cognition
A group of 80 mentally retarded youngsters, aged 6 to 16, was tested on the WISC‐R, primarily to assess the continuity of measurement between the old and new WISCs. The WISC‐R IQs correlated .65 to .82 with Stanford‐Binet IQ for a subsample of 45 children, resembling the coefficients between the 1949 WISC and the Binet for retarded groups. In addition, the WISC‐R test profiles for the 80 children corresponded closely to the WISC test profiles for many retarded samples. Thus, there was evidence to support the continuity of the WISC‐R with its predecessor for retarded populations.